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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2017, 3:37 PM EDT for Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
- Jun 1, 2017, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2017, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1069 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jun 1, 3:20 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:20 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 305 PM EDT Thu Jun 1 2017 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-021915- 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- 305 PM EDT Thu Jun 1 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are likely across portions of north Georgia and most of central Georgia this afternoon and evening. A few thunderstorms could become strong to severe...mainly across central Georgia. The primary threats associated with any stronger thunderstorm activity will be damaging wind gusts with some marginally severe hail and heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday... There will be a chance of showers and thunderstorms Friday through Tuesday. Drier air will spread into Georgia by Wednesday and eliminate thunderstorm potential. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not requested but spotters are encouraged to submit reports of severe weather through the web by going to weather.gov/atlanta.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:02 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
302 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2017
GAZ069>071-081-011930-
Lamar GA-Monroe GA-Upson GA-Crawford GA-
302 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN LAMAR...SOUTHWESTERN
MONROE...NORTHEASTERN UPSON AND NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL
330 PM EDT...
At 302 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over The Rock, or near
Thomaston...moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 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
Yatesville, Culloden, The Rock, Redbone, Logtown and Brent.
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 3293 8429 3301 8425 3302 8399 3277 8410
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 290DEG 11KT 3296 8426
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPHSpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 3:37 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 49 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017
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.