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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 6, 2017Bartow County, Cherokee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2017, 3:18 PM EDT for Bartow County, Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2017, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 95 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: 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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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 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 1:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 4:30 AM EDT, 10 hours 48 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
430 AM EDT Thu Jul 6 2017

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
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

Local storm report, Jul 6, 2:36 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:38 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 2:40 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:54 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 2:56 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
256 PM EDT THU JUL 06 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0224 PM     TSTM WND GST     GAINESVILLE             34.27N  83.83W
07/06/2017  M60 MPH          HALL               GA   ASOS

            WIND GUST OF 60 MPH REPORTED BY GAINESVILLE ASOS AT
            1824L.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1701008

KING

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:18 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
318 PM EDT THU JUL 6 2017

GAZ020-021-030-031-062000-
Polk GA-Cherokee GA-Bartow GA-Paulding GA-
318 PM EDT THU JUL 6 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN POLK...WESTERN
CHEROKEE...BARTOW AND NORTHERN PAULDING COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

At 318 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Cartersville...moving
east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...pea sized hail and frequent cloud to
           ground lightning.

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

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Canton, Cartersville, Woodstock, Holly Springs, Euharlee, Emerson,
White, Waleska, Kingston, Taylorsville, Cassville, Buffington,
Hickory Flat, Lake Arrowhead, Kellogg Creek, Red Top Mountain State
Park, Little River Landing, George Washington Carver St Pk, Lebanon
and Stilesboro.

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 3405 8499 3425 8499 3436 8464 3435 8448
      3428 8438 3413 8442
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 254DEG 29KT 3419 8485

HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...50MPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Warren	27 min
Jul 5, 9:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson	27 min
Jul 6, 1:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	27 min
Jul 6, 1:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Walker	34 min
Jul 6, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	39 min
Jul 6, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Whitfield	41 min
Jul 6, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Hall, Jackson	49 min
Jul 6, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Floyd	48 min
Jul 6, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	27 min
Jul 6, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin	37 min
Jul 6, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall, Jackson, Madison	49 min
Jul 6, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pickens	51 min
Jul 6, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens and 1 more	45 min
Jul 6, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton, Paulding	45 min
Jul 6, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	49 min
Jul 6, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	27 min
Jul 6, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Forsyth	49 min
Jul 6, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	31 min
Jul 6, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	41 min
Jul 6, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe, Wilkes	44 min
Jul 6, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Oglethorpe, Wilkes	52 min
Jul 6, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walton	33 min
Jul 6, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd, Polk	60 min
Jul 6, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	24 min
Jul 6, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson, Polk	48 min
Jul 6, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Haralson, Paulding, Polk	50 min
Jul 6, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Douglas, Fulton	50 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.