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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 9, 20177 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Feb 9, 2017, 2:15 AM EST for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 9, 2017, 2:15 AM EST (07:15 UTC)
Expired: Feb 9, 2017, 2:45 AM EST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 50

Counties Bleckley County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Treutlen County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 189 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 294 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 297 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 330 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.6

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Feb 9, 12:47 AM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 12:47 AM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 8, 11:49 PM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 8, 10:16 PM EST, 3 hours 59 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1016 PM EST WED FEB 8 2017

GAZ019-020-090345-
Bartow GA-Floyd GA-
1016 PM EST WED FEB 8 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BARTOW AND SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD
COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM EST...

At 1016 PM EST...a strong thunderstorm was over Rome...moving east at
80 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...nickel sized hail and frequent cloud
           to ground lightning.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
           light...unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Rome, Cartersville, Adairsville, Euharlee, Emerson, White, Kingston,
Cassville, Shannon, Pinson, Lindale, Red Top Mountain State Park,
Pine Log, Stilesboro and Funkhouser.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

LAT...LON 3414 8530 3424 8528 3436 8515 3439 8466
      3408 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 266DEG 70KT 3424 8520

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...50MPH

Special weather statement, Feb 8, 10:18 PM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1018 PM EST WED FEB 8 2017

GAZ019-020-090345-
Bartow GA-Floyd GA-
1018 PM EST WED FEB 8 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BARTOW AND SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD
COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM EST...

At 1016 PM EST...a strong thunderstorm was over Rome...moving east at
40 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...nickel sized hail and frequent cloud
           to ground lightning.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
           light...unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Rome, Cartersville, Adairsville, Euharlee, Emerson, White, Kingston,
Cassville, Shannon, Pinson, Lindale, Red Top Mountain State Park,
Pine Log, Stilesboro and Funkhouser.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

LAT...LON 3414 8530 3424 8528 3436 8515 3439 8466
      3408 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 266DEG 70KT 3424 8520

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...50MPH

Special weather statement, Feb 9, 1:10 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 9, 1:20 AM EST, 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 9, 1:42 AM EST, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 9, 2:15 AM EST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 8, 9:10 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Dade, Walker	50 min
Feb 8, 10:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Floyd	29 min
Feb 8, 10:18 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Floyd	27 min
Feb 8, 10:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Floyd	36 min
Feb 9, 1:10 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock, Jasper, Putnam, Warren	50 min
Feb 9, 1:20 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Peach, Taylor	25 min
Feb 9, 1:42 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Twiggs, Wilkinson	48 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.