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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 20, 2017Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2017, 12:45 PM EDT for Fulton 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 20, 2017, 12:45 PM EDT (16:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2017, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Fulton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 65 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2017-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 122 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2017-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
122 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

008 
WWUS82 KFFC 201645
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1245 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2017
 
GAZ033-034-045-201730-
North Fulton GA-DeKalb GA-Gwinnett GA-
1245 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH FULTON...NORTHWESTERN
DEKALB AND WESTERN GWINNETT COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM EDT...

At 1244 PM EDT...an area of heavy rain was along a line
extending from Johns Creek to near Cascade Heights. These
storms were nearly stationary.

  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
Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Roswell, Johns Creek, Alpharetta, Dunwoody,
Duluth, Suwanee, Chamblee, Norcross, Doraville, Berkeley Lake, North
Atlanta, North Druid Hills, Midtown, Druid Hills, Tucker, Piedmont
Park, Cascade Heights and Brookhaven.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LAT...LON 3383 8447 3383 8446 3385 8446 3389 8444
      3391 8445 3398 8438 3401 8440 3402 8440
      3413 8428 3412 8426 3410 8425 3410 8421
      3406 8415 3405 8410 3401 8400 3371 8448
      3373 8454 3375 8456
TIME...MOT...LOC 1644Z 252DEG 1KT 3404 8415 3374 8452 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion35 min
Jun 19, 9:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee, Oglethorpe35 min
Jun 19, 10:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan, Oglethorpe25 min
Jun 19, 11:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGreene, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe and 3 more6 hr
Jun 20, 12:33 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCButts, Henry, Newton5 hr
Jun 20, 1:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Henry54 min
Jun 20, 2:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Henry55 min
Jun 20, 3:19 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchFFCBaldwin, Barrow, Butts, Carroll, Clarke, Clayton and 36 more41 hr
Jun 20, 3:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard64 min
Jun 20, 5:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Clarke, Greene, Henry, Jasper, Morgan and 7 more3 hr
Jun 20, 9:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Morgan67 min
Jun 20, 9:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike, Spalding65 min
Jun 20, 11:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette, Henry59 min
Jun 20, 11:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Morgan55 min
Jun 20, 11:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee59 min
Jun 20, 11:35 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGreene, Morgan, Newton6 hr
Jun 20, 12:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Rockdale, Walton64 min
Jun 20, 1:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett6 hr
Jun 20, 1:27 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFulton, Gwinnett24 hr
Jun 20, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Douglas, Fulton57 min
Jun 20, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Jackson50 min
Jun 20, 2:20 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton12 hr
Jun 20, 2:20 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton12 hr
Jun 20, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Douglas, Fulton59 min
Jun 20, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett46 min
Jun 20, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb43 min
Jun 20, 3:31 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton7 hr
Jun 20, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Fulton52 min
Jun 20, 3:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett9 hr
Jun 20, 3:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett6 hr
Jun 20, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton47 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.