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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 2, 2018Pike County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 2, 2018, 4:09 PM EDT for Pike County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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
Jun 2, 2018, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2018, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Pike County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 2018-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1205 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 2018-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
1205 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 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 Jun 2, 3:44 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 3:44 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 5:00 AM EDT, 11 hours 9 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
500 AM EDT Sat Jun 2 2018

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-030900-
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-
500 AM EDT Sat Jun 2 2018

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

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

Isolated thunderstorms will be possible this morning generally
along and south of Interstate 20. The focus by afternoon will
shift to Central Georgia where numerous showers and thunderstorms
will develop. Isolated strong to severe storms will be possible
with this activity with the primary threats being damaging winds
and large hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday...

Another strong system will push through the area late tonight
through Sunday bringing additional chances of severe storms
including damaging winds and hail to the area.

No hazardous weather is expected Monday and Tuesday.
There will be a slight chance of thunderstorms over portions
of central Georgia on Wednesday. Shower and thunderstorm chances
will increase for Friday and Saturday.

.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

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:30 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:35 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:00 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:09 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
Jun 1, 8:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart26 min
Jun 1, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs32 min
Jun 1, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley, Sumter28 min
Jun 1, 11:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart40 min
Jun 1, 11:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot41 min
Jun 2, 12:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Monroe43 min
Jun 2, 12:34 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Oconee21 hr
Jun 2, 1:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones46 min
Jun 2, 9:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Marion, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup52 min
Jun 2, 11:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster43 min
Jun 2, 12:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Webster52 min
Jun 2, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge49 min
Jun 2, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Jefferson35 min
Jun 2, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge30 min
Jun 2, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson30 min
Jun 2, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox27 min
Jun 2, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler26 min
Jun 2, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs, Wheeler35 min
Jun 2, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair, Wilcox26 min
Jun 2, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin35 min
Jun 2, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs30 min
Jun 2, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta25 min
Jun 2, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs30 min
Jun 2, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair28 min
Jun 2, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs30 min
Jun 2, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs30 min
Jun 2, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta36 min
Jun 2, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta34 min
Jun 2, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs32 min
Jun 2, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens25 min
Jun 2, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison23 min
Jun 2, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens50 min
Jun 2, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Twiggs31 min
Jun 2, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison26 min
Jun 2, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Dodge, Houston, Peach, Pulaski31 min
Jun 2, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison, Oglethorpe, Wilkes30 min
Jun 2, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens30 min
Jun 2, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Houston, Pulaski30 min
Jun 2, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Houston, Pulaski34 min
Jun 2, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens30 min
Jun 2, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock32 min
Jun 2, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox30 min

Nearby

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.