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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 22, 2017, 9:29 PM EDT for Clarke County, Madison County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 22, 2017, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2017, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
Counties Clarke County, GA, Madison County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 22, 8:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 8:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 827 PM EDT Thu Jun 22 2017 .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 320 PM EDT Thu Jun 22 2017/ SHORT TERM /Tonight through Friday Night/... Main forecast concern will be initially here in the near term as the environment has shown some rapid destabilization with the extremely tropical airmass in place as the low cloud deck has been scattering quickly from the south given being in the warm sector of Cindy's remnants. Convective bands streaming in from the south fueled by a steady strong moisture advection off the Gulf will have about 2000- 3000 J/kg of SBCAPE to attain, albeit tall/skinny in profile. The issue will be with both the PWATs being close to 2 inches and enhanced area of helicity rich low levels just starting to impinge upon the western border of the CWA. Some 250 m2/s2 of 0-1 km SRH will be bothersome for isolated quick spin-up tornado potential in our western tier from late afternoon here into the evening. Also given the aforementioned PWATs, any stronger convection will have high precip efficiency and training of cells could bring flash flood potential. It's not a welcomed sight to see temps of upper 80s/low 90s over dewpts in the mid to upper 70s advecting into the area. The deeper moisture field and orientation of Cindy's dynamics should continue to phase with an upper shortwave more to the NW by late tonight into Friday. Expecting a lull in shower/storm coverage mainly after midnight tonight as chance to likely pops stay more orientated to the far NW and TN Valley. Could have a similar type of convective threat for northern portions of the area by Friday afternoon (given progged instability/low level shear parameters) and then be more progressive to the SE with the evolution of the shortwave and translated sfc front late Friday night into Saturday. Tailored likely to categorical pops with this feature accordingly across north GA. Will be rather gusty out of the SW ahead of this as well. Temp wise, a bit more diurnal range expected Friday with more areas reaching highs close to climo in the upper 80s to low 90s (less morning cloud coverage expected). Baker LONG TERM /Saturday through Thursday/... The remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy will finally be out of our hair at the beginning of the long term forecast period on saturday morning. However there will be a cold frontal boundary moving south across the area. Rain and thunderstorms will be ongoing along the front...enhanced by diurnal heating in the afternoon. There looks to be enough deep layer shear /0-6km of 20-30kts/ as a broad trough deepens across the eastern 2/3rds of the US to work in conjunction with instability invof the front. This should allow for some organization of thunderstorm clusters along the front. The main threat will be damaging wind gusts. SPC has a large majority of central and eastern Georgia in a marginal risk. The front will make slow progress into central Georgia Saturday evening into the overnight hours but the loss of daytime heating and rather poor forcing should allow most activity to gradually dissipate. Front looks to linger across far southern zones on Sunday where again diurnal heating should allow for a gradual increase in thunderstorm activity through the afternoon. Shear appears to be displaced too far north to pose a notable severe threat by this time. Can't rule out isolated stronger storms...but think Saturday has better parameters than Sunday. Front should clear the CWA by Monday. A rather unseasonably strong area of sfc high pressure will gradually build into the region from the north in the wake of the front...which will make for a dry day. A strong shortwave rotating around the broad scale trough over the eastern US will likely bring some clouds to area on Tuesday...but thinking large dome of sfc high pressure will keep things dry. Height rises in the mid level behind this shortwave combined with sfc high pressure should make for a very pleasant Wednesday. Will see moisture gradually return outside of the extended as the sfc high begins to scoot off the Atlantic Coast. Kovacik && .AVIATION... 00Z UPDATE... Main cluster of SHRA/TSRA now shifting east of all the terminals except AHN where activity will persist just a little longer. Model guidance actually much more optimistic wrt cigs overnight in both coverage and cloud heights. However...with such saturated conditions of late...will lean toward persistence and previous forecast of some developing MVFR cigs tonight. Otherwise...drier air working in for Friday but still enough moisture to warrant continued Prob30 for most sites. //ATL CONFIDENCE...00Z UPDATE... Medium for cigs tonight. High for remaining elements. Deese && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 71 90 73 85 / 60 30 60 70 Atlanta 72 87 73 83 / 60 40 70 70 Blairsville 67 83 68 79 / 70 60 80 70 Cartersville 72 87 72 83 / 60 60 80 70 Columbus 74 90 75 86 / 20 20 40 60 Gainesville 70 86 72 82 / 60 40 80 70 Macon 73 91 74 88 / 30 20 30 40 Rome 72 87 72 84 / 60 70 80 70 Peachtree City 71 88 72 84 / 50 30 60 60 Vidalia 75 91 75 91 / 40 20 20 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...Deese LONG TERM....01 AVIATION...Deese
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 3:41 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 341 PM EDT Thu Jun 22 2017 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-231945- 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- 341 PM EDT Thu Jun 22 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... While the excessive rainfall threat has lessened for today and tonight, showers are expected to be off and on for the northwest majority of the area and there still could be isolated flash flooding if stronger and more persistent showers/storms train over some locations with heavier rainfall. There is a risk of isolated severe thunderstorms through this evening, particularly across western and northern Georgia where breaks in the rain and clouds have combined to increase instability. Damaging wind and brief tornadoes will be possible with any severe activity. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday... There is a marginal to slight chance of severe thunderstorms across north Georgia late in the day Friday through Friday night as the remains of Tropical Storm Cindy Pass through the region. The primary hazards will be damaging winds, frequent lightning, and heavy rain. An isolated tornado cannot be ruled out Friday afternoon and Friday night this system passes. Scattered thunderstorms will be possible across north and central Georgia Saturday and across mainly central Georgia Sunday through Tuesday. The primary hazards will be frequent lightning and gusty winds. .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
Local storm report, Jun 22, 7:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
752 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0725 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NE MCKIBBEN 33.28N 84.04W
06/22/2017 BUTTS GA EMERGENCY MNGR
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED ON HWY 16 WITH REPORTS OF TREES
DOWN AND CARS BLOWN OFF OF THE WET ROAD...POSSIBLE
TORNADO.
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC1700890
THIEMSpecial weather statement, Jun 22, 7:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
752 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2017
GAZ072-073-082>084-095-230100-
Wilkinson GA-Baldwin GA-Bibb GA-Houston GA-Jones GA-Twiggs GA-
752 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WILKINSON...SOUTHWESTERN
BALDWIN...BIBB...NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON...EASTERN JONES AND TWIGGS
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...
At 752 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from Lake Tobesofkee to Huber to Kathleen...and moving
northeast at 30 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
Macon, Milledgeville, Gray, Jeffersonville, Irwinton, Warner Robins,
Gordon, Ivey, McIntyre, Danville, Payne, Allentown, Robins Air Force
Base, Payne City, Midway-Hardwick, Marion, Postell, Allenwood,
Griswoldville and District Path.
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 3239 8364 3265 8361 3282 8389 3318 8339
3299 8309 3264 8315
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 226DEG 28KT 3283 8378 3270 8356 3248 8358
WIND...50MPHSpecial weather statement, Jun 22, 8:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
806 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2017
GAZ022-023-025-033>035-046>048-230045-
Hall GA-Jackson GA-North Fulton GA-Walton GA-Rockdale GA-Barrow GA-
Forsyth GA-Gwinnett GA-Newton GA-
806 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HALL...WESTERN
JACKSON...NORTH FULTON...NORTHWESTERN WALTON...NORTHEASTERN
ROCKDALE...WESTERN BARROW...FORSYTH...GWINNETT AND NORTHWESTERN
NEWTON COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT...
At 805 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Johns Creek to near Grayson to Almon...and moving
northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph 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
Lawrenceville, Conyers, Monroe, Cumming, Johns Creek, Alpharetta,
Duluth, Sugar Hill, Snellville, Suwanee, Buford, Loganville,
Braselton, Auburn, Flowery Branch, Dacula, Oakwood, Grayson, Oxford
and Berkeley Lake.
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 3420 8379 3378 8371 3356 8398 3386 8403
3401 8427 3434 8412 3434 8408
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 207DEG 27KT 3402 8424 3389 8400 3362 8394
WIND...40MPHLocal storm report, Jun 22, 9:15 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett, Walton | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Putnam, Walton | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe and 1 more | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 9:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 3:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 38 more | 35 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 39 min |
| Jun 23, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Polk, Walker, Whitfield | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Polk | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens | 34 min |
| Jun 23, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Pickens | 39 min |
| Jun 23, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton | 49 min |
| Jun 23, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard | 50 min |
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