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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 5, 2017, 9:32 PM EDT for Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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
- Apr 5, 2017, 9:32 PM EDT (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2017, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
County Toombs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1408 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
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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 Apr 5, 7:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 7:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion...Updated National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 740 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2017 .SHORT TERM /Tonight through Thursday Night/... A very active weather day continues this afternoon with a large area of thunderstorms across central Georgia and additional isolated thunderstorm activity farther north in northwest Georgia. Expect the risk for severe thunderstorms to continue into the evening hours both in association with the cluster of thunderstorms in southern sections of the area as well as with additional development in west and northwest Georgia ahead of the cold front. With abundant instability to our west across Alabama and extending into northwest Georgia, expect this area to become the focus for strong to severe convection later this evening. As favorable shear is also in place, tornadoes would be possible with any discreet storms that develop and push into Georgia from the west later this evening. There is a question how far east any severe thunderstorms that develop ahead of the front will be able to reach given a tongue of lower instability from the Atlanta metro area and northeastward; however, if this area is able to destabilize then the risk would exist farther east. At this time, an additional Tornado Watch has been issued for far northwest Georgia to cover the aforementioned potential increasing from the west. If conditions warrant, this watch could be extended eastward later this evening. A Flash Flood Watch also continues for much of north and portions of central Georgia into tonight given the copious amounts of rainfall experienced in many locations and associated flash flooding issues. Many locations in a band running from Carroll County eastward across the Atlanta metro and into the Athens area have already experienced 3+ inches of rainfall today with additional rainfall possible this evening. There is light at the end of the proverbial tunnel, however, as the cold front will begin to sweep through the area from the west tonight. The severe threat will end as this occurs. Gusty west to northwest winds will build in behind the front, especially during the day Thursday when sustained winds over 20 mph and gusts over 30- 35 mph will be plentiful. These winds in association with mostly cloudy conditions and even a few showers across north Georgia will provide for a much cooler day than today. Most areas across north Georgia will remain in the 50s for highs with central Georgia only mustering the 60s. Widespread low temperatures in the 40s can be expected by Friday morning with some frosty 30s possible in the north Georgia mountains. RW .LONG TERM /Friday through Wednesday/... No significant changes were made to the extended forecast. See previous discussion for more details. RW LONG TERM /Thursday Night through Tuesday/... Extended period largely overshadowed by short term severe threat. Following the aforementioned system, wrap around moisture will linger over the northeast Georgia mountains through Friday morning, with the potential for some mixed precip as temperatures drop into the low to mid 30s. For now, have limited the p-type to rain or snow, and will need to revisit this in subsequent forecast packages. Not expecting any accumulations at this time. Will also need to consider issuing a Freeze Warning for this area given the expected low temperatures. Below normal temperatures expected Friday will slowly warm through the weekend, with highs in the 60s on Saturday and the mid to upper 70s on Sunday with sunny skies. High pressure will hold through the weekend and into next week, with the next system approaching late Tuesday - a tad slower than the previous model runs. GFS and ECMWF differ in timing by 6-12 hours, with the better activity currently timed for Wednesday. For now have limited pops to good chance. Temperatures will generally stay in the mid 70s to near 80 through next week. 31 && AVIATION... 00Z Update... Generally MVFR conditions expected across the area through 12Z. Will see some IFR mixed in at times through 06Z. Most areas should see VFR conditions by 14-18Z. Strong to severe thunderstorms will continue moving northeast across the area, ending from west to east by 04-06Z. South to southeast winds 8-12kt will become southwest and increase to 10-15kt w/ gust 18-24kt between 02Z and 06Z most areas. West winds 15-20kt w/ gusts 25-30kt after 12Z. //ATL Confidence...00Z Update... Medium. 20 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 50 58 41 62 / 60 20 5 0 Atlanta 49 57 42 60 / 60 20 5 0 Blairsville 44 49 35 54 / 60 40 30 20 Cartersville 48 56 41 60 / 60 30 10 0 Columbus 51 63 44 65 / 60 10 0 0 Gainesville 48 54 40 58 / 60 30 10 0 Macon 51 63 43 65 / 70 10 0 0 Rome 48 57 40 61 / 60 30 5 0 Peachtree City 49 58 41 62 / 60 20 0 0 Vidalia 54 66 45 65 / 70 10 0 0 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Flash Flood Watch until 2 AM EDT Thursday for the following zones: Baldwin...Banks...Barrow...Bartow...Bibb...Butts... Carroll...Cherokee...Clarke...Clayton...Cobb...Coweta... Crawford...DeKalb...Douglas...Fayette...Forsyth...Glascock... Greene...Gwinnett...Hall...Hancock...Haralson...Harris...Heard... Henry...Jackson...Jasper...Jones...Lamar...Madison... Meriwether...Monroe...Morgan...Muscogee...Newton...North Fulton...Oconee...Oglethorpe...Paulding...Pike...Polk...Putnam... Rockdale...South Fulton...Spalding...Talbot...Taliaferro... Troup...Upson...Walton...Warren...Wilkes. Tornado Watch until 8 PM EDT this evening for the following zones: Baldwin...Bibb...Bleckley...Butts...Chattahoochee... Crawford...Crisp...Dodge...Dooly...Emanuel...Glascock...Greene... Hancock...Harris...Houston...Jasper...Jefferson...Johnson... Jones...Lamar...Laurens...Macon...Marion...Meriwether...Monroe... Montgomery...Morgan...Muscogee...Peach...Pike...Pulaski... Putnam...Schley...Spalding...Stewart...Sumter...Talbot... Taliaferro...Taylor...Telfair...Toombs...Treutlen...Troup... Twiggs...Upson...Warren...Washington...Webster...Wheeler... Wilcox...Wilkes...Wilkinson. Tornado Watch until 10 PM EDT this evening for the following zones: Catoosa...Chattooga...Dade...Walker. && SHORT TERM...RW LONG TERM....RW AVIATION...RW
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 6:56 AM EDT, 14 hours 36 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 656 AM EDT Wed Apr 5 2017 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-061100- 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- 656 AM EDT Wed Apr 5 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... Scattered to numerous severe thunderstorms are expected today into tonight. Damaging winds in excess of 60 mph, large hail to 2" in size or greater, and several tornadoes will be main hazards. A few of the tornadoes could be strong and have long tracks on the ground, causing extensive damage. Heavy rain can also be expected with minor flooding possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday... Strong and gusty winds can be expected on Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time Friday through Monday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is requested for today through this evening across north and central Georgia. Spotters are also encouraged to submit reports of severe weather through the web by going to weather.gov/atlanta.
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
932 PM EDT WED APR 5 2017
GAZ111>113-060215-
Toombs GA-Wheeler GA-Montgomery GA-
932 PM EDT WED APR 5 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TOOMBS...EASTERN WHEELER AND
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM EDT...
At 932 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near McNatt Falls, or near
Hazlehurst...moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...pea 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
Lyons, Vidalia, Uvalda, Santa Claus, Alston, Center, Toombs Central,
Ohoopee, New Branch, Ponderosa, McNatt Falls, South Thompson, English
Eddy, Rock Springs, Cedar Crossing, Johnson Corner, Charlotteville
and Grays Landing.
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 3193 8222 3192 8225 3194 8228 3193 8230
3195 8231 3193 8231 3194 8238 3196 8238
3195 8239 3196 8240 3195 8240 3197 8243
3197 8250 3196 8248 3195 8249 3196 8255
3204 8266 3228 8229 3215 8219
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 229DEG 44KT 3193 8253
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...50MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 8:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 9:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Polk | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:03 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 9:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 9:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 25 min |
| Apr 5, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Troup | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 10:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 10:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Rockdale | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 10:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 10:48 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 24 hr |
| Apr 5, 10:52 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 24 hr |
| Apr 5, 10:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot | 52 min |
| Apr 5, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Hall, Jackson, Madison and 1 more | 39 min |
| Apr 5, 11:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Henry, Newton, Rockdale, Spalding, Walton | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 11:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Macon, Marion, Schley, Talbot, Taylor and 1 more | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 11:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Walton | 20 min |
| Apr 6, 12:03 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 50 min |
| Apr 6, 12:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Jones, Twiggs | 52 min |
| Apr 6, 12:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Madison, Oglethorpe | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Macon, Peach | 46 min |
| Apr 6, 1:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Houston, Twiggs, Warren and 2 more | 45 min |
| Apr 6, 1:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 6, 3:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 31 min |
| Apr 6, 4:13 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 30 hr |
| Apr 6, 11:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:48 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 41 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:48 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 38 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Newton | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 5:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 24 hr |
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