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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 7, 2017Hall County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 7, 2017, 1:23 AM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 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 7, 2017, 1:23 AM EDT (05:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2017, 2:15 AM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Hall County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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: 86 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 971 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -1.4

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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, 7:45 PM EDT, 5 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 7:45 PM EDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 9:36 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
936 PM EDT Tue Jun 6 2017

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-080145-
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-
936 PM EDT Tue Jun 6 2017

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight...

Scattered storms and continued periods of heavy rainfall could
persist across portions of central Georgia tonight. Isolated flash
flooding and occasional lightning are the main threats mainly
along and south of a Columbus to Macon to Louisville line.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday...

Scattered thunderstorms will continue across parts of central
Georgia Wednesday, ending by Wednesday evening.

A weak disturbance will move across north Georgia Thursday
bringing another chance of thunderstorms.

As gulf moisture returns Sunday and Monday, the chances of showers
and thunderstorms will also increase, especially on Monday.

.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 6, 10:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1032 PM EDT TUE JUN 6 2017

GAZ102-070300-
Stewart GA-
1032 PM EDT TUE JUN 6 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STEWART COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM
EDT...

At 1030 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Providence Canyon
State Park, or near Lumpkin...moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph...heavy rain and pea sized hail.

  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 this storm include
Lumpkin, Richland, Omaha, Charles, Sanford, Westville, Brooklyn,
Louvale, Providence Canyon State Park and Kimbrough.

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 3192 8491 3195 8496 3198 8496 3198 8500
      3201 8506 3209 8504 3213 8506 3218 8501
      3220 8496 3221 8498 3222 8497 3222 8493
      3223 8492 3223 8465 3222 8464 3218 8463
      3216 8465 3207 8464 3200 8465 3192 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 216DEG 48KT 3206 8487

HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPH

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 11:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1114 PM EDT TUE JUN 6 2017

GAZ102-070345-
Stewart GA-
1114 PM EDT TUE JUN 6 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STEWART COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM
EDT...

At 1114 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Benevolence, or 7
miles south of Lumpkin...moving east at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...40 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 this storm include
Lumpkin, Richland, Troutman, Charles, Sanford, Westville, Brooklyn,
Louvale, Providence Canyon State Park and Kimbrough.

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 3193 8480 3192 8481 3192 8491 3209 8504
      3223 8471 3223 8467 3207 8464 3203 8464
      3203 8465 3198 8465 3198 8464 3197 8465
      3196 8464 3196 8465 3192 8466 3193 8468
      3192 8469 3192 8477
TIME...MOT...LOC 0314Z 255DEG 12KT 3195 8480

WIND...50MPH

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 1:23 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
123 AM EDT WED JUN 7 2017

GAZ023-070615-
Hall GA-
123 AM EDT WED JUN 7 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN HALL COUNTY UNTIL 215 AM
EDT...

At 123 AM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Murrayville, or 8
miles north of Gainesville...moving southwest 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 this storm include
Gainesville, Oakwood, Lula, Clermont and Murrayville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LAT...LON 3438 8366 3420 8384 3438 8398 3439 8398
      3440 8397 3441 8398 3446 8391 3446 8389
      3451 8384 3450 8379 3452 8379
TIME...MOT...LOC 0523Z 060DEG 5KT 3442 8382

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 10:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	28 min
Jun 6, 11:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	31 min
Jun 7, 1:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	35 min
Jun 7, 2:04 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Sumter	6 hr
Jun 7, 3:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	38 min
Jun 7, 10:10 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd	24 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2017 Every 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.