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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 4, 2017Meriwether County, Talbot County, Upson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 4, 2017, 8:33 PM EDT for Meriwether County, Talbot County, Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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: May 4, 2017, 8:33 PM EDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2017, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 50

Counties Meriwether County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Upson County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 58 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: 401 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 4.3

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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 May 4, 7:55 PM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 7:55 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
755 PM EDT Thu May 4 2017

.PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 321 PM EDT Thu May 4 2017/

SHORT TERM /Tonight through Friday Night/...
Water vapor loop this afternoon reveals the center of a strong
closed low across northeast AR with vort ribbon extending south
across MS and into LA. Its sfc reflection is characterized by an
area of low pressure centered across western KY with a cold front
draped to its south across AL. This closed low will migrate south
toward the southern Appalachians through the short term...allowing
for a rather anomalous May weather set-up.

Rest of Today: Cloud cover is largely winning the forecast battle
today. Area of thinning clouds earlier across AL has since filled in
and become a source of pre frontal shower development. Have watched
SPC mesoanalysis analyzed MU/SB CAPE values slowly rise but they
remain noticeably unimpressive. Do think some thunder will be
possible with these showers as well as the line of precip along the
actual front...but severe chances have slimmed significantly. Even
SPC has taken the CWA out of the marginal risk. Nonetheless...given
favorable shear/helicity values...if CAPE should rise...environment
is favorable for damaging thunderstorm wind gusts and tornadoes. So
remain aware that isolated severe weather is not entirely impossible
today. Large area of mainly stratiform rain from earlier in the day
continues to shift east...with rather robust activity perhaps
threatening far SE counties until about 4pm or so. Big story today
has been the wake low winds. These strong wind gusts have brought
down numerous trees. Have let the High Wind Warning expire at noon
but will keep Wind Advisory through 8pm. Not seeing as high of gusts
as earlier today.

Tonight & Friday: This frontal system will pull east of the CWA
tonight...where a much cooler airmass will filter in. Do not expect
low temps to be very cold tonight given ample cloud cover and
perhaps the development of some drizzle along with some light wrap-
around rain showers beginning to filter in from the north. Temps
will not rebound much on Friday and it will actually feel chilly
with winds expected to remain elevated. The interesting part about
tomorrow lies in the vertical profile of the atmosphere. Most of the
saturation from wrap-around shower activity will extend above the
freezing level...meaning below zero /500mb temps plummet to almost -
20C and 850mb to just over 0C to put things into perspective/ and
some Bufr soundings indicate some saturation wrt to ice in the -10C-
15C range. Therefore...would not be surprised to see some
graupel/ice pellets mix with the rain showers tomorrow. Think the
best chances will be across higher elevations of northeast
Georgia...tho could be seen as far south as ATL. All precip activity
will slowly dissipate Friday night with lows headed back to the 40s.

Kovacik

LONG TERM /Saturday through Thursday/...
Have made a significant change to Saturday and Saturday night.
Both GFS/NAM/ECMWF show a significant short wave dropping on the
backside of the H5 low and moving across north GA Saturday into
Saturday evening. Enough instability with this to increase pops
and add a slight chance of thunder to north GA. Have also
increased winds across the CWA as H8 winds progged in the 30 to
40kt range Saturday afternoon.. No other changes planned. Previous
long term discussion follows...

17

LONG TERM /Friday Night through Wednesday/...

A deep closed upper low sits over the TN Valley region at the
beginning of the period. The low gradually fills and pushes
eastward over the Appalachians through Saturday night. Wrap around
showers will affect much of north and central GA Friday night and
mainly north GA Saturday and Saturday night. Northwesterly flow
will dominate the state for the remainder of the period as a deep
trough settles off the Atlantic Coast and the upper ridge builds
west of the MS river. A short wave drops into the Appalachians
Tuesday into Wednesday...but have left us dry for now due to
uncertainty of amount of moisture. Cool temperatures will continue
into the weekend...but begin to recover by the first of the week.
Models in general agreement through the period.

41

&&

.AVIATION...
00Z Update...
Showers continuing across the area this evening as frontal
boundary moves across the state. The main boundary should be
through the ATL area by 03z but still expecting drizzle and VCSH
through Friday evening. Mainly MVFR ceilings expected through the
TAF period with some brief periods of IFR ceilings in and around
SHRA/DZ activity. VSBYS should be mainly VFR. Winds are out of the
SE right now but will turn to the SW as the front passes through.
Wind speeds will stay up through this TAF period with readings in
the 10-15kt range with gust to 20kt.

//ATL Confidence...00Z Update...
Confidence Medium to High on all elements.

01

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Athens          53  59  45  72 /  90  40  20  20
Atlanta         52  57  46  70 / 100  50  30   5
Blairsville     49  53  41  64 / 100  60  60  40
Cartersville    52  56  45  71 / 100  50  30  20
Columbus        52  61  48  74 / 100  30  10   0
Gainesville     52  56  45  69 / 100  50  30  30
Macon           53  62  46  74 /  90  20  10   0
Rome            51  56  44  72 /  70  60  40  20
Peachtree City  51  58  44  71 / 100  50  20   0
Vidalia         56  67  49  75 /  80  10   5   0

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Wind Advisory until 8 PM EDT this evening for the following
zones: Banks...Barrow...Bartow...Carroll...Catoosa...Chattooga...
Cherokee...Cobb...Dade...Dawson...DeKalb...Douglas...Fannin...
Floyd...Forsyth...Gilmer...Gordon...Gwinnett...Hall...Haralson...
Jackson...Lumpkin...Murray...North Fulton...Paulding...Pickens...
Polk...South Fulton...Towns...Union...Walker...White...Whitfield.

&&

SHORT TERM...01
LONG TERM....Deese
AVIATION...01

Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 1:35 PM EDT, 6 hours 58 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...Updated
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
135 PM EDT Thu May 4 2017

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-050830-
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-
135 PM EDT Thu May 4 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight...

Gusty winds will continue across parts of north and central Georgia
in the wake of moderate to heavy rain earlier today. Winds gusting
25 to 35 mph at times, with locally higher gusts, can be expected
through this evening, especially north of a Carrollton to Atlanta to
Athens line.

Showers and a few thunderstorms are expected along and ahead of a
strong cold front. This front will move west-to-east across north
and central Georgia between 5pm and 11pm this evening. Enhanced wind
gusts along with locally heavy rain and some cloud to ground
lightning, will be the primary threats.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday...

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected through tonight.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 4, 3:29 PM EDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
329 PM EDT THU MAY 04 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0110 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 SW NEW HOPE           33.91N  83.94W
05/04/2017                   GWINNETT           GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE BLOWN ONTO A HOUSE ON GRAYSON NEW HOPE ROAD IN
            GRAYSON

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1700631

THIEM

Local storm report, May 4, 3:42 PM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
342 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0306 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 3 N ANNA RUBY FALLS     34.80N 83.71W
05/04/2017  M45 MPH          TOWNS              GA   MESONET

            MESONET STATION BRSG1, 3 N ANNA RUBY FALLS.

&&

Local storm report, May 4, 3:43 PM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
343 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0305 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 4 N CONASAUGA LAKE      34.92N 84.66W
05/04/2017  M45 MPH          MURRAY             GA   MESONET

            MESONET STATION COHG1, 4 N CONASAUGA LAKE.

&&

Local storm report, May 4, 5:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
515 PM EDT THU MAY 04 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG ROME                    34.26N  85.19W
05/04/2017                   FLOYD              GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLOYD COUNTY REPORTS 6 HOMES WITH DAMAGE AND 64 PLUS
            TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. THIS WAS DUE TO WAKE
            LOW GRADIENT WINDS AND NOT ASSOCIATED WITH
            THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1700632

DEESE

Special weather statement, May 4, 7:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
713 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2017

GAZ066-078-050000-
Harris GA-Troup GA-
713 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN HARRIS AND TROUP
COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

At 712 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from Southern Harbor to near Beulah...and moving east at 25
mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind and heavy rain.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
           light...unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
           street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.

Some locations in the path of these storms include
Lagrange, Hamilton, West Point, Pine Mountain, Mountville,
Cannonville, Louise, Piedmont Heights, Mountain Hill, Big Springs,
Jones Crossroads, Bartletts Ferry Dam, Baughs Crossroads, Smiths
Crossroad, Whitesville-Pine Lake, Lake Harding, Long Cane and
Mulberry Grove.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Motorists should
slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3314 8486 3287 8486 3267 8485 3265 8510
      3267 8509 3269 8512 3271 8512 3274 8511
      3276 8514 3278 8512 3281 8517 3283 8517
      3285 8515 3286 8519 3302 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 255DEG 21KT 3294 8524 3269 8521

WIND...50MPH

Special weather statement, May 4, 8:33 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
833 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2017

GAZ067>069-078>080-089>091-050100-
Chattahoochee GA-Harris GA-Taylor GA-Marion GA-Upson GA-
Meriwether GA-Talbot GA-Pike GA-Muscogee GA-
833 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CHATTAHOOCHEE...
EASTERN HARRIS...NORTHWESTERN TAYLOR...NORTHERN MARION...WESTERN
UPSON...SOUTHERN MERIWETHER...TALBOT...SOUTHWESTERN PIKE AND EASTERN
MUSCOGEE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

At 833 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from Pine Mountain to near Jamestown/south Fort Benning...
and moving northeast at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind and heavy rain.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
           light...unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
           street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.

Some locations in the path of these storms include
Thomaston, Talbotton, Greenville, Manchester, Pine Mountain,
Woodbury, Waverly Hall, Warm Springs, Woodland, Molena, Junction
City, Geneva, Gay, North Fort Benning, Sunset Village, Lincoln Park,
Upatoi, Ellerslie, F.d. Roosevelt State Park and Juniper.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Motorists should
slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3317 8454 3297 8426 3251 8432 3235 8481
      3293 8486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 241DEG 52KT 3285 8488 3234 8485

WIND...50MPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 4, 9:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Rockdale	29 min
May 4, 9:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Gwinnett	35 min
May 4, 10:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson	38 min
May 4, 10:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	29 min
May 4, 11:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Oconee, Oglethorpe	48 min
May 4, 11:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock, Putnam	48 min
May 4, 11:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	39 min
May 5, 12:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe, Wilkes	34 min
May 5, 12:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Taliaferro, Warren	47 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.