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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 4, 2017Greene County, Taliaferro County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2017, 7:55 PM EDT for Greene County, Taliaferro County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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: Jul 4, 2017, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2017, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

Counties Greene County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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, 11.9 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.

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: 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

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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 Jul 4, 7:41 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 7:41 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 3:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
357 PM EDT Tue Jul 4 2017

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-051200-
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-
357 PM EDT Tue Jul 4 2017

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight...

For areas along and north of the Interstate 20 corridor, scattered
showers and thunderstorms are possible through the early evening
hours. There is some potential for isolated severe thunderstorms,
but widespread severe weather is not anticipated. The main hazard
from any severe thunderstorm would be damaging wind gusts. Even
the garden variety thunderstorms would be capable of producing
gusty winds, locally heavy rainfall and frequent lightning
strikes.

Areas just south of the Interstate 20 corridor could have isolated
showers and thunderstorms to develop through the evening hours.
Gusty winds, locally heavy rainfall and frequent lightning strikes
will be possible.

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

There is a chance of showers and thunderstorms each day, mainly
during the afternoon and evening hours. A few storms could be
strong to possibly severe with gusty winds as well as locally
heavy rain. The best chances of isolated strong to severe storms
will come on Thursday and Friday as a weak front moves across the
region.

Due to the heavy rain, brief localized flooding of poor drainage
areas is possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
640 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2017

GAZ046-048-049-057>059-042330-
Butts GA-Morgan GA-Rockdale GA-Jasper GA-Newton GA-Henry GA-
640 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BUTTS...SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN...
SOUTHERN ROCKDALE...JASPER...NEWTON AND EASTERN HENRY COUNTIES UNTIL
730 PM EDT...

At 638 PM EDT...strong thunderstorms extended from Richardson Park
to Oak Hill to Fincherville to near Jenkinsburg, moving east at 30
mph.

  HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind, pea sized hail, heavy rain and
           occasional cloud-to-ground lightning.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
           light, unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of these storms include
Conyers, Covington, Jackson, Monticello, Locust Grove, Oxford,
Porterdale, Newborn, Flovilla, Mansfield, Jenkinsburg, Shady Dale,
Stewart, Ola, Turtle Cove, Worthville, Eudora, North Alcovy,
McElheneys Crossroads and Fincherville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

LAT...LON 3368 8382 3360 8368 3361 8367 3359 8360
      3324 8355 3315 8374 3336 8417 3340 8412
      3347 8411 3360 8417
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 289DEG 26KT 3359 8413 3355 8399 3340 8397 3336
8405

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

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:57 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 7:09 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
709 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2017

GAZ042-052-042345-
Carroll GA-Heard GA-
709 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL AND HEARD
COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

At 707 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms extended from west of
Ephesus through west of Waresville, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind, pea sized hail, heavy rain and
           frequent lightning.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
           light, unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of these storms include
Carrollton, Franklin, Bowdon, Ephesus, Centralhatchee, Roopville,
Tyus, Roosterville, Waresville, Frolona, Lowell, Plant Wansley,
Texas, Glenn, Blackjack Mountain and Paran.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

LAT...LON 3358 8508 3343 8502 3336 8500 3318 8508
      3317 8508 3319 8510 3320 8510 3320 8511
      3316 8512 3313 8524 3353 8531
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 274DEG 19KT 3344 8540 3338 8533 3325 8542 3319
8552

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

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 7:15 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
715 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2017

GAZ049-059>061-072-073-050000-
Morgan GA-Putnam GA-Baldwin GA-Hancock GA-Jones GA-Jasper GA-
715 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN...PUTNAM...
BALDWIN...SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK...NORTHEASTERN JONES AND EASTERN
JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

At 714 PM EDT...strong thunderstorms extended from Farrar to near
Monticello and Adgateville, moving southeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind, pea sized hail, heavy rain and
           frequent lightning.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
           light, unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of these storms include
Milledgeville, Eatonton, Shady Dale, Phoenix, Midway-Hardwick,
Meriwether, Allenwood, Resseaus Crossroads, Round Oak, Central
Georgia Experiment Station, Plant Harlee Branch, Hardwick, Browns
Crossing, Ethridge, Coopers, Underwood, Harmony, Godfrey, Haddock
and Oconee Springs Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

LAT...LON 3292 8336 3320 8376 3332 8365 3348 8365
      3348 8328 3342 8324 3340 8324 3340 8321
      3338 8322 3339 8320 3336 8316 3336 8315
      3309 8310
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 296DEG 32KT 3345 8362 3330 8359 3319 8373

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

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 7:51 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 7:55 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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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, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Gwinnett, Paulding, Polk	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

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.