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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 8, 2017Lamar County, Monroe County, Georgia

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2017-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 845 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2017-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb36 min
Jul 7, 8:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones24 min
Jul 7, 8:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett23 min
Jul 7, 8:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter36 min
Jul 7, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson24 min
Jul 7, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow24 min
Jul 7, 9:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington23 min
Jul 7, 9:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer26 min
Jul 8, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray37 min
Jul 8, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens24 min
Jul 8, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll24 min
Jul 8, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley23 min
Jul 8, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley28 min
Jul 8, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon35 min
Jul 8, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray28 min
Jul 8, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski33 min
Jul 8, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray25 min
Jul 8, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee36 min
Jul 8, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens36 min
Jul 8, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge30 min
Jul 8, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa27 min
Jul 8, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee31 min
Jul 8, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens28 min
Jul 8, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley33 min
Jul 8, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler31 min
Jul 8, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa23 min
Jul 8, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler29 min
Jul 8, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee34 min
Jul 8, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery37 min
Jul 8, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington26 min
Jul 8, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington, Wilkinson34 min
Jul 8, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington64 min
Jul 8, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton30 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.