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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 25, 2017Dooly County, Macon County, Sumter County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 25, 2017, 1:32 PM EDT for Dooly County, Macon County, Sumter County, Georgia. It was in force for 58 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 25, 2017, 1:32 PM EDT (17:32 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2017, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Dooly County, GA, Macon County, GA, Sumter County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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: 756 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 9 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 25, 7:39 AM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 7:39 AM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 11:01 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1101 AM EDT Tue Jul 25 2017

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-261515-
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-
1101 AM EDT Tue Jul 25 2017

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

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

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected across north and
central Georgia this afternoon and evening...however the favored
area for development will be central Georgia. A few strong to
severe thunderstorms will be possible. The main hazards with any
storms that develop will be strong gusty winds, heavy rainfall,
frequent lightning, and small hail.

Given the possibility of multiple
rounds of thunderstorms affecting the same regions, isolated
instances of flash flooding are possible.

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

Scattered thunderstorms are possible each day mainly in the
afternoon and evening...a few storms could be strong to
severe.

.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 25, 10:37 AM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 10:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 10:48 AM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 25, 11:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1138 AM EDT TUE JUL 25 2017

GAZ091-103-251615-
Marion GA-Webster GA-
1138 AM EDT TUE JUL 25 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN FOR SOUTHERN MARION
AND NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 PM EDT...

At 1137 AM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Seminole, or near
Buena Vista...moving east at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Heavy rain.

  IMPACT...Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially
           in poor drainage areas.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Buena Vista, Putnam, Seminole, Doyle, Church Hill, Draneville and
Zellobee.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3212 8464 3217 8464 3218 8463 3219 8464
      3232 8465 3239 8440 3223 8442 3223 8443
      3220 8443 3219 8442 3217 8442 3217 8443
      3213 8443
TIME...MOT...LOC 1537Z 262DEG 13KT 3223 8457

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 12:32 PM EDT, 1 hour before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1232 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2017

GAZ091>093-102>104-251730-
Macon GA-Schley GA-Stewart GA-Sumter GA-Marion GA-Webster GA-
1232 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MACON...SCHLEY...
EASTERN STEWART...SUMTER...SOUTHERN MARION AND WEBSTER COUNTIES UNTIL
130 PM EDT...

At 1229 PM EDT...strong thunderstorms extended from around Buena
Vista and Ellaville to Americus, Preston and Richland, moving east
at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Heavy rain.

  IMPACT...Heavy rain will cause temporary flooding of Streets,and
           roads, especially in poor drainage areas, as well as
           rising water on creeks and streams.

Some locations in the path of these storms include
Americus, Buena Vista, Ellaville, Preston, Richland, Plains, Ideal,
Leslie, Andersonville, DeSoto, Weston, Cobb, Sumter, Putnam, Lamar,
Seminole, Murrays Crossroads, Croxton Crossroads and New Era.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3197 8444 3192 8446 3192 8467 3193 8468
      3192 8475 3213 8479 3218 8469 3224 8465
      3234 8465 3238 8419 3216 8403 3212 8401
      3209 8397 3207 8399 3205 8398 3203 8396
      3191 8392 3192 8434 3187 8434
TIME...MOT...LOC 1629Z 269DEG 7KT 3225 8434 3200 8411 3186 8456

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 1:32 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
132 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2017

GAZ080-081-092>095-104>106-251830-
Macon GA-Peach GA-Schley GA-Crisp GA-Dooly GA-Taylor GA-Sumter GA-
Houston GA-Crawford GA-
132 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MACON...SOUTHWESTERN PEACH...
SOUTHEASTERN SCHLEY...NORTHWESTERN CRISP...WESTERN DOOLY...
SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR...SUMTER...SOUTHWESTERN HOUSTON AND SOUTHERN
CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT...

At 130 PM EDT...strong thunderstorms extended from around Reynolds
to Drayton and Plains, moving east at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Heavy rain.

  IMPACT...Heavy rain will cause temporary flooding of streets, and
           roads, especially in poor drainage areas, as well as
           rising water on creeks and streams.

Some locations in the path of these storms include
Americus, Fort Valley, Vienna, Ellaville, Oglethorpe, Montezuma,
Marshallville, Plains, Byromville, Ideal, Leslie, Andersonville,
Lilly, De Soto, Dooling, Desoto, Cobb, Sumter, Lamar and Whitewater
State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3192 8438 3195 8443 3204 8444 3204 8443
      3209 8443 3252 8414 3265 8388 3213 8377
      3191 8383 3192 8434 3188 8434 3188 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 1730Z 252DEG 7KT 3247 8406 3208 8397 3193 8427

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 24, 10:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	26 min
Jul 25, 9:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee	49 min
Jul 25, 10:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	38 min
Jul 25, 10:55 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart	6 hr
Jul 25, 11:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	37 min
Jul 25, 12:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Schley, Sumter, Webster	58 min
Jul 25, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	46 min
Jul 25, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb	48 min
Jul 25, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Laurens	45 min
Jul 25, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	19 min
Jul 25, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Rockdale	47 min
Jul 25, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	41 min
Jul 25, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Johnson, Laurens	49 min
Jul 25, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton	38 min
Jul 25, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Fulton	36 min
Jul 25, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	50 min
Jul 25, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	28 min
Jul 25, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	44 min
Jul 25, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	39 min
Jul 25, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	45 min
Jul 25, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Jefferson	49 min
Jul 25, 6:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	50 min
Jul 25, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton	43 min
Jul 25, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	23 min
Jul 25, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	52 min
Jul 25, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	47 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.