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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 23, 2017, 5:13 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. 14 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 2017, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2017, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Polk County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 5:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw James H. Floyd St, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN BLOCKING THE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF HIGHWAY 100 AT NORTON ROAD. |
| Jun 23, 5:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Sprite, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 20 WEST AND HIGHWAY 100 SOUTH. |
| Jun 23, 5:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nne Anniedelle, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 20 AND OLD RIVER ROAD NEAR THE BOAT RAMP. |
| Jun 23, 5:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 35 | 1 Wsw Coosa, GA | MESONET STATION GA319, 1 WSW COOSA. |
| Jun 23, 5:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Rome, GA | A POWER LINE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON WILSON AVENUE. |
| Jun 23, 5:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Chubbtown, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BOOGER HOLLOW ROAD AND MILLER MOUNTAIN ROAD. |
| Jun 23, 5:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wnw Relay, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LYONS BRIDGE ROAD SOUTHWEST AND BOOGER HOLLOW ROAD. |
| Jun 23, 5:51 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 38 | 3 Sse Armuchee, GA | ASOS STATION RMG, RICHARD B. RUSSELL FIELD. |
| Jun 23, 5:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nne Reeseburg, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF DONAHOO ROAD SOUTHEAST AND REECEBURG ROAD SOUTHEAST. |
| Jun 23, 5:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Rosedale, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON GRANT ROAD OFF OF HIGHWAY 156. |
| Jun 23, 5:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Rosedale, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE 4500 BLOCK OF OLD DALTON ROAD. |
| Jun 23, 5:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ridgewood Estates, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF RIDVEVIEW DRIVE AND OLD ROCKMART ROAD. |
| Jun 23, 5:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Silvermont, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PINE RIDGE DRIVE AND OLD ROCKMART ROAD. |
| Jun 23, 5:59 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 30 | 2 Ssw Lindale, GA | MESONET STATION E2723, 2 SSW LINDALE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1201 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
927
WWUS82 KFFC 232113
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
513 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
GAZ002>005-011-012-019-020-030-041-232200-
Chattooga GA-Whitfield GA-Polk GA-Catoosa GA-Walker GA-Gordon GA-
Haralson GA-Bartow GA-Murray GA-Floyd GA-
513 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHATTOOGA...WHITFIELD...POLK...
SOUTHERN CATOOSA...WALKER...WESTERN GORDON...NORTHWESTERN HARALSON...
WESTERN BARTOW...WESTERN MURRAY AND FLOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM
EDT...
At 512 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from 6 miles northwest of Center Post to near Coloma to
near Alpine...and moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph and heavy rain.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects. Trees can also down more
easily with already wet soil from previous rainfall.
Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially
in poor drainage areas.
Some locations in the path of these storms include
Rome, Dalton, Calhoun, Cedartown, Lafayette, Summerville, Chatsworth,
Adairsville, Tallapoosa, Trion, Varnell, Aragon, Cave Spring, Tunnel
Hill, Cohutta, Kingston, Resaca, Plainville, Shannon and Lyerly.
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 3425 8490 3368 8534 3457 8552 3470 8549
3474 8546 3487 8512 3499 8483 3499 8475
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 247DEG 40KT 3465 8546 3400 8563 3340 8620
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
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, 9:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe | 31 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, 5:27 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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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.