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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2017, 8:30 PM EDT for Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2017, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 437 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
725
WWUS82 KFFC 070030
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
830 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2017
GAZ052-053-066-067-070115-
Coweta GA-Troup GA-Heard GA-Meriwether GA-
830 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN COWETA...NORTHERN
TROUP...SOUTHEASTERN HEARD AND NORTHWESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTIES UNTIL
915 PM EDT...
At 830 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Wares Crossroads, or
near Lagrange...moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 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
Lagrange, Hogansville, Grantville, Luthersville, Moreland, Lone Oak,
Corinth, Harrisonville, Hillcrest, Wares Crossroads, Louise and
Powers Crossroads.
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 3297 8501 3309 8518 3340 8495 3324 8470
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 218DEG 23KT 3310 8504
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Spalding | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 9:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Pickens | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 9:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 10:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 11:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe and 1 more | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Taylor | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Murray | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 33 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.