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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2017, 7:10 PM EDT for Floyd County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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, 7:10 PM EDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2017, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
County Floyd County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
772
WWUS82 KFFC 062310
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
710 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2017
GAZ011-019-062345-
Chattooga GA-Floyd GA-
710 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN CHATTOOGA AND FLOYD
COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...
At 710 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Coosa, or 10 miles
northeast of Forney...moving northeast 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
Rome, Cave Spring, Lindale, Coosa, Armuchee, James H. Floyd State
Park, Holland and Tidings.
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 3445 8536 3442 8512 3410 8512 3409 8516
3410 8516 3410 8526 3408 8526 3409 8542
3429 8546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 225DEG 29KT 3422 8538
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Washington | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens | 46 min |
Nearby
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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.