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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 21, 2017, 1:15 PM EDT for Murray County, 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
- Apr 21, 2017, 1:15 PM EDT (17:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2017, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
County Murray County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 813 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Apr 21, 11:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 11:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 21, 11:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...Updated National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1145 AM EDT Fri Apr 21 2017 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-221030- 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- 1145 AM EDT Fri Apr 21 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... There is a chance for isolated thunderstorms across far north Georgia this afternoon and evening. The main threats will be occasional lightning and brief heavy rain. A few strong storms with small hail or gusty winds cannot be ruled out. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday... There is a marginal risk for severe storms across north and west Georgia late Saturday afternoon and night with an approaching frontal system. The primary Hazards will be damaging winds and large hail. There is another marginal risk for severe storms Sunday across east and central Georgia before the frontal system exits. The primary threats will also be damaging winds and large hail. No hazardous weather is expected at this time Monday through Wednesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 21, 1:15 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 115 PM EDT FRI APR 21 2017 GAZ004-005-211745- Whitfield GA-Murray GA- 115 PM EDT FRI APR 21 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN WHITFIELD AND NORTHERN MURRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM EDT... At 115 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Gap Springs, or 14 miles south of Cleveland...moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...pea sized hail. IMPACT...Minor damage to exposed surfaces is possible. Some locations in the path of this storm include Tennga and Gregory. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. LAT...LON 3492 8484 3499 8492 3499 8463 TIME...MOT...LOC 1715Z 235DEG 25KT 3498 8482 HAIL...0.25IN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 36 min |
| Apr 21, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 25 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.