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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 23, 2018Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 23, 2018, 2:47 PM EDT for Wilcox 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: May 23, 2018, 2:47 PM EDT (18:47 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2018, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

County Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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: 306 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 32 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 May 23, 2:16 PM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 2:16 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 5:35 AM EDT, 9 hours 12 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
535 AM EDT Wed May 23 2018

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-240945-
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-
535 AM EDT Wed May 23 2018

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

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

Moderate rainfall is expected to continue across portions of
central Georgia through the morning hours. This activity will
carry a threat for persistent rainfall which may lead to isolated
flash flooding.

Scattered heavy rain showers and thunderstorms are expected
to develop across north and central this afternoon and are
expected to persist through the evening. An isolated strong
thunderstorm is possible with gusty winds...frequent
lightning...and local flash flooding due to heavy rain the main
threats.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday...

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms can be expected across the area
each day through Tuesday. On any given day, A few storms could be
strong with the main hazards being gusty winds, frequent
lightning and heavy rainfall. The best chance for thunderstorms
each day will be during the afternoon and evening hours. Localized
flooding will also be possible where storms remain over an area
for prolonged periods.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 11:27 AM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 12:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 12:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 1:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 2:14 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 2:47 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 12:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Muscogee	36 min
May 23, 1:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	37 min
May 23, 2:22 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee	6 hr
May 23, 3:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot, Upson	35 min
May 23, 3:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot, Upson	27 min
May 23, 4:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	23 min
May 23, 4:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	37 min
May 23, 5:17 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Talbot	9 hr
May 23, 5:37 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	10 hr
May 23, 6:37 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee, Talbot	8 hr
May 23, 6:57 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Talbot, Upson	6 hr
May 23, 7:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	7 hr
May 23, 8:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Taylor	62 min
May 23, 8:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Jackson, Madison	55 min
May 23, 9:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot, Taylor	6 hr
May 23, 10:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Schley	67 min
May 23, 10:33 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Crawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson	42 hr
May 23, 10:39 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	2 hr
May 23, 11:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion, Schley, Stewart, Webster	48 min
May 23, 12:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	51 min
May 23, 1:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Laurens, Washington	52 min
May 23, 2:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 34 more	20 hr
May 23, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	43 min
May 23, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	48 min
May 23, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	31 min
May 23, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	26 min
May 23, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro	31 min

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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.