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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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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 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
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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:30 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley, Sumter | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 11:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 11:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 12:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 12:34 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 21 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 9:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Marion, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 11:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 12:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 27 min |
| Jun 2, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wilcox | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 25 min |
| Jun 2, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 28 min |
| Jun 2, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 36 min |
| Jun 2, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 25 min |
| Jun 2, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 23 min |
| Jun 2, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Twiggs | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Peach, Pulaski | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Houston, Pulaski | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Pulaski | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 30 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.