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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 14, 2018Bibb County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2018, 1:29 PM EDT for Bibb County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 14, 2018, 1:29 PM EDT (17:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2018, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Bibb County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2018-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 418 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 2018-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -87 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
418 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-23 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 14, 7:25 AM EDT, 6 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 7:25 AM EDT, 6 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 4:22 AM EDT, 9 hours 7 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
422 AM EDT Thu Jun 14 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-
422 AM EDT Thu Jun 14 2018

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

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

Scattered thunderstorms can be expected this afternoon into this
evening. Some storms could be strong and an isolated severe storm
cannot be ruled out. The main threats will be isolated flooding
from locally heavy rainfall, strong damaging winds and frequent
lightning.

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

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

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 8:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry24 min
Jun 13, 8:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry30 min
Jun 13, 9:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton33 min
Jun 13, 9:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry36 min
Jun 13, 9:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale6 hr
Jun 14, 2:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Twiggs44 min
Jun 14, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs52 min
Jun 14, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens34 min
Jun 14, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens34 min
Jun 14, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery33 min
Jun 14, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs32 min
Jun 14, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs12 min
Jun 14, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery35 min
Jun 14, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs29 min
Jun 14, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Wheeler42 min
Jun 14, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler38 min
Jun 14, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel37 min
Jun 14, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge34 min
Jun 14, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel33 min
Jun 14, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall31 min
Jun 14, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair32 min
Jun 14, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall33 min
Jun 14, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard30 min
Jun 14, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin33 min
Jun 14, 7:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor38 min
Jun 14, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard31 min
Jun 14, 7:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford26 min
Jun 14, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Monroe19 min
Jun 14, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson33 min
Jun 14, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb26 min
Jun 14, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb33 min

Nearby

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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.