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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 6, 2017Warren County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 6, 2017, 2:30 PM EDT for Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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 6, 2017, 2:30 PM EDT (18:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2017, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Warren County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

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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 Jun 6, 1:50 PM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 1:50 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 10:48 AM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 12:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 12:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 1:57 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:16 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:20 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
220 PM EDT TUE JUN 6 2017

GAZ069-078>081-089-091-093-094-061915-
Macon GA-Peach GA-Harris GA-Taylor GA-Marion GA-Upson GA-Crawford GA-
Talbot GA-Muscogee GA-
220 PM EDT TUE JUN 6 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MACON...SOUTHWESTERN
PEACH...SOUTHERN HARRIS...TAYLOR...NORTHEASTERN MARION...SOUTHEASTERN
UPSON...CRAWFORD...TALBOT AND NORTHERN MUSCOGEE COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM
EDT...

At 219 PM EDT...a line of thunderstorms with heavy rain extended
from Goat Rock Lake to Reynolds, moving east at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...Heavy rain.

  IMPACT...Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially
           in poor drainage areas.

Some locations in the path of these storms include
Fort Valley, Butler, Roberta, Talbotton, Marshallville, Reynolds,
Waverly Hall, Junction City, Geneva, Upatoi, Goat Rock Lake,
Ellerslie, Nakomis, Juniper, Cataula, Baughville, Howard, Mountain
Hill, Prattsburg and Horns.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3274 8512 3275 8384 3242 8393 3252 8464
      3253 8464 3253 8466 3259 8507 3262 8509
      3263 8508 3264 8511 3266 8509 3269 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 252DEG 5KT 3263 8508 3255 8408

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:30 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
230 PM EDT TUE JUN 6 2017

GAZ050-051-060>062-061915-
Taliaferro GA-Putnam GA-Hancock GA-Warren GA-Greene GA-
230 PM EDT TUE JUN 6 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN TALIAFERRO...NORTHERN
PUTNAM...NORTHERN HANCOCK...WARREN AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES
UNTIL 315 PM EDT...

At 228 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms extended from north
of Warrenton to north of Eatonton. These storms were nearly
stationary.

  HAZARD...Heavy rain.

  IMPACT...Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding,
           especially in poor drainage areas, and rising water on
           creeks and streams.

Some locations in the path of these storms include
Warrenton, Sparta, Crawfordville, White Plains, Norwood, Camak,
Reynolds Plantation, Phoenix, Liberty, Springfield, Cadley, Veazey,
Harmony, Mayfield, Rockville, the Rock Eagle 4-H Center, Powelton,
Barnett, Mesena and Shoulderbone.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3336 8255 3328 8300 3334 8331 3344 8350
      3354 8298 3356 8263 3346 8259 3341 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 294DEG 4KT 3346 8260 3340 8298 3341 8335

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 9:29 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd	22 hr
Jun 6, 12:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	39 min
Jun 6, 12:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Heard, Troup	65 min
Jun 6, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Troup	63 min
Jun 6, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	44 min
Jun 6, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Harris, Talbot, Taylor	55 min
Jun 6, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Pike	57 min
Jun 6, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Talbot	46 min
Jun 6, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Muscogee, Talbot, Upson	65 min
Jun 6, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Houston, Peach	47 min
Jun 6, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Treutlen	50 min
Jun 6, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Jasper, Putnam, Wilkes	37 min
Jun 6, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Laurens, Treutlen	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.