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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2017, 3:21 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. 5 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
- Jul 4, 2017, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2017, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Cobb County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 3:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Duluth, GA | A LARGE TREE FELL ON AN OLDER HOME ON WEST LAWRENCEVILLE ST IN DULUTH. THE TREE CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE AND THE FAMILY WILL BE DISPLACED DUE TO THE DAMAGE |
| Jul 4, 3:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Carrefour Place, GA | A LARGE TREE FELL ONTO A SECOND FLOOR ROOF AND INTO AN UPSTAIRS BEDROOM ALONG MILIEO PLACE IN LILBURN. AN ELECTRICAL SERVICE LINE WAS ALSO DOWN DUE TO THE DAMAGE. |
| Jul 4, 3:36 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Duluth, GA | A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE AT THE 3600 BLOCK OF WEST LAWRENCEVILLE STREET. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. |
| Jul 4, 3:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Deerwood, GA | A TREE WAS BLOWN OVER AND DAMAGED THE FRONT PORCH OF A HOME ON WHITFIELD PLACE DRIVE IN SUWANEE |
| Jul 4, 3:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fairview Station, GA | A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE AND DAMAGED THE CHIMNEY CHASE ALONG OVERLOOK WOOD WAY IN LAWRENCEVILLE. |
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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 463 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1063 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
385
WWUS82 KFFC 041921
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
321 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2017
GAZ022-023-025-030>035-041-045-042000-
Hall GA-Jackson GA-Polk GA-North Fulton GA-Barrow GA-Cobb GA-
Haralson GA-DeKalb GA-Forsyth GA-Gwinnett GA-Paulding GA-
321 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HALL...WESTERN
JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN POLK...NORTH FULTON...WESTERN BARROW...COBB...
NORTHEASTERN HARALSON...NORTHWESTERN DEKALB...SOUTHERN FORSYTH...
GWINNETT AND PAULDING COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...
At 320 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms extending from near
Cumming to Johns Creek, Dunwoody, Marietta and Cedartown, moving
east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 45 mph wind, pea sized hail, frequent lightning 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
Atlanta, Marietta, Lawrenceville, Dallas, Cumming, Sandy Springs,
Roswell, Johns Creek, Alpharetta, Smyrna, Dunwoody, Kennesaw, Duluth,
Acworth, Sugar Hill, Snellville, Suwanee, Powder Springs, Buford and
Lilburn.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3403 8518 3403 8458 3410 8431 3419 8428
3420 8426 3419 8374 3397 8376 3383 8394
3380 8429 3380 8489 3392 8527
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 281DEG 26KT 3415 8415 3406 8416 3394 8432 3389
8481 3390 8508
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...50MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 6:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 61 min |
| Jul 4, 7:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 8:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 24 min |
| Jul 4, 9:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 53 min |
| Jul 4, 10:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 32 hr |
| Jul 4, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 51 min |
| Jul 4, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Gilmer, Gordon, Paulding and 2 more | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Paulding | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall, Lumpkin, White | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett, Jackson and 2 more | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 33 min |
| Jul 4, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Oglethorpe | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton and 1 more | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Henry and 3 more | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Newton | 50 min |
| Jul 4, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Putnam | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 35 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.