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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 9, 2018Heard County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 9, 2018, 1:36 PM EDT for Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 9, 2018, 1:36 PM EDT (17:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2018, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

County Heard County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 52 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: 227 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1197 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 15 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 9, 7:43 AM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 7:43 AM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 11:56 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1156 AM EDT Sat Jun 9 2018

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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-
1156 AM EDT Sat Jun 9 2018

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight...

Scattered thunderstorms can be expected this afternoon and into
this evening. A few storms could be strong, although a severe
storm is not out of the question, with the main hazards being
gusty winds, frequent lightning and heavy rain.

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

There is a chance of thunderstorms each day, mainly during the
afternoon and evening hours. A few storms could be strong with
gusty winds, frequent lightning and heavy rain.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:36 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
Jun 9, 1:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard	52 min
Jun 9, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Webster	27 min
Jun 9, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	46 min
Jun 9, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	43 min
Jun 9, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	46 min
Jun 9, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	42 min
Jun 9, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	40 min
Jun 9, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Sumter	46 min
Jun 9, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster	44 min
Jun 9, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	41 min
Jun 9, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Stewart	42 min
Jun 9, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Spalding	39 min
Jun 9, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	42 min
Jun 9, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	44 min
Jun 9, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Muscogee	41 min
Jun 9, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	25 min
Jun 9, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	27 min
Jun 9, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	34 min
Jun 9, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	27 min
Jun 9, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	48 min
Jun 9, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford	43 min
Jun 9, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler	48 min
Jun 9, 7:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	41 min
Jun 9, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	26 min
Jun 9, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	29 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.