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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 11, 20184 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2018, 2:02 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 28 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 11, 2018, 2:02 PM EDT (18:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2018, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

Counties Barrow County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Walton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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: 68 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -13 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 11, 7:14 AM EDT, 6 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 7:14 AM EDT, 6 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 12:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1200 PM EDT Mon Jun 11 2018

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-120745-
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-
1200 PM EDT Mon Jun 11 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 into this
evening. A few storms could be strong to severe, with the main
hazards being strong, gusty winds, frequent lightning and isolated
flooding from heavy rain.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday...

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

.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 11, 1:35 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:02 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 11, 6:38 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	FFC	Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Pickens and 3 more	70 min
Jun 11, 1:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow	25 min
Jun 11, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	37 min
Jun 11, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Hall, Jackson, Morgan and 1 more	49 min
Jun 11, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	31 min
Jun 11, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	30 min
Jun 11, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	33 min
Jun 11, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	32 min
Jun 11, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	27 min
Jun 11, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga	38 min
Jun 11, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	45 min
Jun 11, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	37 min
Jun 11, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer, Murray, Walker	35 min
Jun 11, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	33 min
Jun 11, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Taliaferro	42 min
Jun 11, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Newton	33 min
Jun 11, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	29 min
Jun 11, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	48 min
Jun 11, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	29 min
Jun 11, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilkes	12 min
Jun 11, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton	33 min
Jun 11, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	47 min
Jun 11, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	41 min
Jun 11, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Putnam	36 min
Jun 11, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Union	34 min
Jun 11, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	32 min
Jun 11, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Rockdale	44 min
Jun 11, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb	25 min
Jun 11, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	48 min
Jun 11, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	47 min
Jun 11, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	46 min
Jun 11, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	45 min
Jun 11, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	48 min
Jun 11, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	47 min
Jun 11, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry, Rockdale	46 min
Jun 11, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	29 min
Jun 11, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Dooly	43 min
Jun 11, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts	28 min
Jun 11, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	25 min
Jun 11, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	48 min
Jun 11, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	45 min
Jun 11, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson	27 min
Jun 11, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	34 min
Jun 11, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Jones, Lamar, Monroe	33 min
Jun 11, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pike, Spalding	42 min
Jun 11, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Monroe	37 min
Jun 11, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	30 min
Jun 11, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	27 min
Jun 11, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	31 min
Jun 11, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Candler	42 min
Jun 11, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	41 min
Jun 11, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	46 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.