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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 28, 2018Crisp County, Dooly County, Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2018, 2:59 PM EDT for Crisp County, Dooly County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 28, 2018, 2:59 PM EDT (18:59 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2018, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 178 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: 189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 106 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 28, 1:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 1:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 5:00 AM EDT, 9 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 2:42 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
242 PM EDT Mon May 28 2018

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-290300-
Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns-
Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow-
Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding-Cobb-
North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes-
Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton-
Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton-
Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup-
Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington-
Glascock-Jefferson-Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs-
Wilkinson-Johnson-Emanuel-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley-
Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens-Treutlen-Stewart-Webster-
Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler-
Montgomery-Toombs-
242 PM EDT Mon May 28 2018

...SUBTROPICAL STORM ALBERTO TO IMPACT THE AREA...

IMPACTS:

FLOODING RAIN:
The primary hazard associated with Subtropical Storm Alberto will
be heavy rain and potential flash flooding and river flooding
associated with multiple rain bands moving across the area.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 4 inches with locally higher
amounts will be possible on top of already saturated soils. The
highest flooding potential exists over the northern and western
portions of the forecast area. A flash flood watch is in effect
for north and portions of central Georgia until 8 AM Wednesday.

WIND:
The strongest sustained winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35
mph will be possible over west Georgia with the strongest winds
over west central Georgia, from this evening through Tuesday. Due
to the saturated soils, it could be easier for strong winds to
bring down trees, which could lead to isolated power outages. A
wind advisory is in effect for a portion of west central Georgia
along the Alabama border until 8 AM Tuesday.

TORNADOES:
Isolated brief tornadoes will be possible across the area later
today and Tuesday associated with the rain bands.

Special weather statement, May 28, 2:59 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 28, 5:01 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	FFC	Chattahoochee, Harris, Heard, Muscogee, Stewart, Troup and 1 more	27 hr
May 28, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	27 min
May 28, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	24 min
May 28, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair, Wheeler	47 min
May 28, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens, Wheeler	24 min
May 28, 6:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	24 min
May 28, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	31 min
May 28, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	37 min
May 28, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Warren	31 min
May 28, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	29 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.