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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 6, 2017White County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2017, 2:33 PM EDT for White County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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 6, 2017, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2017, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
40

County White County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2017-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1341 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2017-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -90 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1341 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-78 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 6, 1:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 1:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 4:30 AM EDT, 10 hours 3 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
430 AM EDT Thu Jul 6 2017

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089>098-102>113-071000-
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-
430 AM EDT Thu Jul 6 2017

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight...

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms can be expected over north
and portions of central Georgia this afternoon and evening.
A few storms will be strong to severe from Atlanta to Athens and
north. The main hazards will be strong to damaging wind gusts and
frequent lightning. Locally heavy rainfall will also be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday...

There is a chance of showers and thunderstorms each day, most
so during the afternoon and evening hours. A few storms could be
strong to severe with gusty winds...frequent lightning and
locally heavy rainfall as the main hazards. Brief localized flooding
of poor drainage areas will also be possible.

.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

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:51 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:33 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 8:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Warren27 min
Jul 5, 9:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Jefferson27 min
Jul 6, 1:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray27 min
Jul 6, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Walker34 min
Jul 6, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth39 min
Jul 6, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield41 min
Jul 6, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson49 min
Jul 6, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Floyd48 min
Jul 6, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin37 min
Jul 6, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson, Madison49 min
Jul 6, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens51 min
Jul 6, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens and 1 more45 min
Jul 6, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Cherokee42 min
Jul 6, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton, Paulding45 min
Jul 6, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite49 min
Jul 6, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan27 min
Jul 6, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Forsyth49 min
Jul 6, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga31 min
Jul 6, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade41 min
Jul 6, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe, Wilkes44 min
Jul 6, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Oglethorpe, Wilkes52 min
Jul 6, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton33 min
Jul 6, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd, Polk60 min
Jul 6, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes24 min
Jul 6, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk48 min
Jul 6, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Haralson, Paulding, Polk50 min
Jul 6, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton50 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2017Every 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.