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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 5, 2017Clayton County, Coweta County, Fayette County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Sep 5, 2017, 7:47 PM EDT for Clayton County, Coweta County, Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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
Sep 5, 2017, 7:47 PM EDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2017, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

Counties Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 15 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 2017-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 483 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2017-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
483 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 Sep 5, 6:59 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 6:59 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 5, 11:12 AM EDT, 8 hours 35 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1112 AM EDT Tue Sep 5 2017

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089>098-102>113-061515-
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-
1112 AM EDT Tue Sep 5 2017

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

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

A cold front will bring another good chance of showers and
thunderstorms to the area this afternoon through Wednesday
evening. A few strong to isolated severe storms will be possible
with hail up to quarter size, strong wind gusts, frequent
lightning and heavy rain being the primary hazards.

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

Increased chances of precip expected Sunday and Monday as
hurricane Irma nears the southeastern U.S. There is still some
uncertainty with track of Irma, but it is possible to see some
impacts by the beginning of next week. Continue to refer to the
latest official tracks and advisories issued by the National
Hurricane Center for updates on Irma.

.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, Sep 5, 7:12 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 5, 7:47 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 8:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs34 min
Sep 4, 10:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen35 min
Sep 5, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga30 min
Sep 5, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer, Murray24 min
Sep 5, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Floyd26 min
Sep 5, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray26 min
Sep 5, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa37 min
Sep 5, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade37 min
Sep 5, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin25 min
Sep 5, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer29 min
Sep 5, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker23 min
Sep 5, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray37 min
Sep 5, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa27 min
Sep 5, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker, Whitfield13 min
Sep 5, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee26 min
Sep 5, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Pickens28 min
Sep 5, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk24 min
Sep 5, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon33 min
Sep 5, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas37 min
Sep 5, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Lumpkin, White43 min
Sep 5, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee40 min
Sep 5, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin, White35 min
Sep 5, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton24 min
Sep 5, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson, Paulding33 min
Sep 5, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Forsyth28 min
Sep 5, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Hall33 min
Sep 5, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton28 min
Sep 5, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta25 min
Sep 5, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Forsyth, Gwinnett27 min
Sep 5, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton37 min
Sep 5, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson27 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2017Every 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.