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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2017, 2:38 PM EDT for Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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 7, 2017, 2:38 PM EDT (18:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2017, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Upson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
802
WWUS82 KFFC 071838
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
238 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2017
GAZ069>071-081-071915-
Lamar GA-Monroe GA-Upson GA-Crawford GA-
238 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAMAR...SOUTHWESTERN
MONROE...EASTERN UPSON AND NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 315
PM EDT...
At 237 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Logtown, or 8 miles
southeast of Thomaston...moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...frequent cloud to ground lightning
and heavy rain.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Yatesville, Culloden, Redbone, Logtown, Salem, Redbone Crossroads,
Russellville, Brent and Musella.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3274 8426 3274 8428 3280 8434 3300 8414
3301 8390 3287 8385 3284 8390 3273 8423
3274 8424 3272 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 231DEG 31KT 3281 8421
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, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 45 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, 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.