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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 6, 2017Glascock County, Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2017, 4:29 PM EDT for Glascock County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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
Aug 6, 2017, 4:29 PM EDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2017, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
50

Counties Glascock County, GA, Washington County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 2017-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 942 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 2017-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
942 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
782 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

887 
WWUS82 KFFC 062029
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
429 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2017
 
GAZ074>076-062100-
Jefferson GA-Washington GA-Glascock GA-
429 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON...
WASHINGTON AND GLASCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

At 429 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Warthen, or near
Sandersville...moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...up to penny 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
Sandersville, Gibson, Tennille, Avera, Mitchell, Edge Hill, Edgehill,
Downs, Agricola, Warthen and Grange.

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 3292 8281 3304 8295 3324 8275 3332 8259
      3313 8248
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 219DEG 29KT 3305 8281 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...50MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson36 min
Aug 6, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam32 min
Aug 6, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock32 min
Aug 6, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington28 min
Aug 6, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Gordon34 min
Aug 6, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Gordon27 min
Aug 6, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee28 min
Aug 6, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens46 min
Aug 6, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd35 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.