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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2017, 5:02 PM EDT for Lamar County, Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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 8, 2017, 5:02 PM EDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2017, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Lamar County, GA, Monroe County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 845 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
363
WWUS82 KFFC 082102
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
502 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 2017
GAZ070-071-082130-
Lamar GA-Monroe GA-
502 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAMAR AND WESTERN
MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...
At 502 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was centered 2 miles southeast
of Barnesville...moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...nickel 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
Barnesville, Forsyth, Redbone, Goggins, Collier, Johnstonville and
Brent.
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 3298 8412 3299 8412 3299 8418 3309 8416
3310 8396 3302 8392 3294 8397
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 274DEG 17KT 3303 8409
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...50MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 24 min |
| Jul 7, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 23 min |
| Jul 7, 8:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 24 min |
| Jul 7, 9:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 24 min |
| Jul 7, 9:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 23 min |
| Jul 7, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 23 min |
| Jul 8, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 23 min |
| Jul 8, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington, Wilkinson | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.