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Heat Advisory 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this heat advisory at Aug 1, 2006, 11:10 AM EDT for 50 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Aug 1, 2006, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2006, 11:10 AM EDT (15:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 1, 2006, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2006, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 50 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Schley County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 116 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1048 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1076 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this heat advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Aug 1, 5:05 AM EDT, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 5:05 AM EDT, 6 hours 5 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 524 AM EDT TUE AUG 1 2006 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-020930- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA- CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL- FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE- GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON- JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON- MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY- MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH- PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON- SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS- TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES- WILKINSON- 524 AM EDT TUE AUG 1 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND HEAT INDEX VALUES RISING TO OVER 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 40 MPH. ALSO...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 108 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. .DISCUSSION... LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION WHILE THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT MAINTAINS ITS STRENGTH. SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE AREA WILL LIMIT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...DAYTIME HEATING WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO PRODUCE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ACROSS THE REGION...MAINLY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. ALSO...SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO THE MID 70S COMBINING WITH AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S WILL PUSH HEAT INDEX VALUES TO 100 TO 108 BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. ALSO...HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE EACH AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:16 AM EDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 3:53 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 44 more | 26 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 29 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.