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Heat Advisory 8, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this heat advisory at Aug 16, 2007, 6:47 AM EDT for 42 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Aug 16, 2007, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2007, 6:47 AM EDT (10:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 16, 2007, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2007, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 42 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley 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, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan 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, 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), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 16, 5:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 5:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 6:35 AM EDT, 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 635 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-171000- 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- 629 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX READINGS EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND MIDDLE GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... A LARGE SUBTROPICAL UPPER RIDGE OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION WILL DRIFT EAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND SHOULD BE LOCATED OVER ALABAMA AND GEORGIA BY SATURDAY. MEANWHILE...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE FROM THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE NORTHEAST TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY...WHICH WILL PUSH A WEAK FRONT INTO NORTH GEORGIA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM 3 PM TO 10 PM EDT. ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. .DISCUSSION... A LARGE SUBTROPICAL UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THE WEATHER ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN U.S. THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL SHIFT EAST FROM ITS CURRENT LOCATION OVER THE ARKLATEX INTO THE MID-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST BY SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM ERIN WILL BE STEERED NORTHWEST FROM THE WESTERN GULF INTO CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH SATURDAY. A STRONG TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY AND INTO THE NORTHEAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS PATTERN WILL ALLOW A SERIES OF WEAK SHORT WAVES TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE UPPER RIDGE. THE AIR MASS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON AS SURFACE DEWPOINTS RISE TO NEAR 70 OR BETTER AND TEMPERATURES AROUND 15,000 FEET COOL A COUPLE OF DEGREES. CAPES WILL RISE TO IN EXCESS OF 2000 AND THE LIFTED INDEX WILL FALL TO AROUND -3. INHIBITING FACTORS WILL BE THE LACK OF DEEP LAYERED VERTICAL MOISTURE AND LITTLE TO NO SHEAR. THUS...ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP...HOWEVER...WILL BE EFFICIENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING PRODUCERS. ALSO...GIVEN AFTERNOON SURFACE TEMPERATURES NEAR 100 OR BETTER...A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE DOWNBURST WINDS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. .OTHER HAZARDS... AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES IN MANY AREAS OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS TODAY. HEAT INDEX READINGS THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED 105 FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ATHENS TO AMERICUS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...A FEW OF WHICH MAY BECOME STRONG. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND SUBMIT ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA. 19
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.