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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 31, 2018White County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2018, 1:45 PM EDT for White County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 31, 2018, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2018, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
40

County White County, GA

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2018-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 909 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 2018-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
909 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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 31, 12:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 12:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 4:45 AM EDT, 9 hours before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
445 AM EDT Thu May 31 2018

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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-
445 AM EDT Thu May 31 2018

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

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

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms can be expected across the
area today and tonight, most so in the afternoon and evening.
A few storms could be strong to severe with the main hazards
being strong gusty winds, frequent lightning and locally heavy
rainfall. The most likely location for any severe storms
will be north of Atlanta and Athens.

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

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms can be expected Friday
through Sunday, most so in the afternoon and evening. A few of
these storms could be strong with gusty winds, frequent
lightning and locally heavy rainfall.

No hazardous weather is expected Monday and Tuesday.
There will be a slight chance of thunderstorms over portions
of central Georgia on Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight, but spotters
are encouraged to submit reports of any severe weather and flooding
through the web by going to weather.gov/atlanta

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 11:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 31, 1:45 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
May 30, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson32 min
May 30, 9:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite40 min
May 30, 10:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Macon36 min
May 30, 11:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Monroe, Schley, Taylor47 min
May 31, 12:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Crawford, Jasper, Lamar, Macon, Monroe and 5 more53 min
May 31, 12:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCrawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson6 hr
May 31, 1:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Pulaski66 min
May 31, 2:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCWhite6 hr
May 31, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll28 min
May 31, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite32 min
May 31, 2:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCWhite6 hr
May 31, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield38 min
May 31, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Towns, Union33 min
May 31, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Whitfield40 min
May 31, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite27 min
May 31, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Union29 min
May 31, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Whitfield47 min
May 31, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite38 min
May 31, 4:09 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyFFCWhite6 hr
May 31, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer, Union29 min
May 31, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhite39 min
May 31, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Gordon, Lumpkin, Pickens38 min
May 31, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett31 min
May 31, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Cherokee, Dawson, Gordon, Hall, Pickens22 min
May 31, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Pickens24 min
May 31, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson20 min
May 31, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard26 min
May 31, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison36 min
May 31, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe37 min
May 31, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes30 min
May 31, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton35 min
May 31, 7:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Rockdale24 min

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Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2018Every 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.