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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 1, 2018Morgan County, Newton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 1, 2018, 1:11 PM EST for Morgan County, Newton County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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: Mar 1, 2018, 1:11 PM EST (18:11 UTC)
Expired: Mar 1, 2018, 1:45 PM EST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

Counties Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 232 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 1.7

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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 Mar 1, 12:46 PM EST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 12:46 PM EST, 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 1, 4:44 AM EST, 8 hours 27 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
444 AM EST Thu Mar 1 2018

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-020945-
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-
444 AM EST Thu Mar 1 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight...

...Flash Flood Watch In Effect Through This Evening...
...Wind Advisory In Effect Through This Evening...

A flash flood watch is in effect for far north Georgia.
Persistent rainfall with short periods of heavy rainfall at times
may cause flash flooding or river flooding through this afternoon.
Refer to the flash flood watch for more information.

There will be a slight chance of thunderstorms as a line of
showers moves through the area. A few storms could be strong with
gusty winds being the main hazard. Ahead of this feature, winds
will increase across portions of the southern Atlanta metro and
into central Georgia, prompting the issuance of a wind advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday...

No hazardous weather is expected Friday through Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 1, 11:46 AM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 1, 11:58 AM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 1, 12:03 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 1, 12:06 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 1, 1:04 PM EST, 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 1, 1:11 PM EST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 8:51 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	39 min
Feb 28, 9:26 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	49 min
Feb 28, 10:36 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Walker	24 hr
Feb 28, 10:51 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Walker	39 min
Feb 28, 11:23 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	55 hr
Feb 28, 11:30 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	30 min
Feb 28, 11:31 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Whitfield	4 days
Feb 28, 11:35 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Catoosa	56 hr
Feb 28, 11:54 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon, Pickens	51 min
Mar 1, 3:43 AM EST	Wind Advisory	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Clarke and 58 more	14 hr
Mar 1, 4:50 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Catoosa	25 hr
Mar 1, 10:17 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Haralson, Polk	43 min
Mar 1, 10:49 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton and 2 more	41 min
Mar 1, 11:17 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett	28 min
Mar 1, 11:29 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and 2 more	46 min
Mar 1, 12:03 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Gwinnett and 6 more	42 min
Mar 1, 1:37 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Jasper	23 min
Mar 1, 2:14 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot, Upson	31 min
Mar 1, 2:42 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe, Upson	48 min
Mar 1, 2:49 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Hancock	26 min
Mar 1, 3:13 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson	47 min
Mar 1, 3:17 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston, Macon, Marion, Peach	43 min
Mar 1, 3:19 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson	41 min
Mar 1, 3:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson	37 min
Mar 1, 3:55 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson, Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson	50 min
Mar 1, 4:35 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	25 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2018 Every special weather statement in 2018

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.