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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 17, 2018Macon County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 17, 2018, 9:23 AM EDT for Macon County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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 17, 2018, 9:23 AM EDT (13:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2018, 10:00 AM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 50

County Macon County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:23 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 945 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 469 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -93 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 17, 7:20 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 7:20 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 4:52 AM EDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
452 AM EDT Sun Jun 17 2018

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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-
452 AM EDT Sun Jun 17 2018

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

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

Scattered thunderstorms can be expected today, with the most
coverage expected during the afternoon and 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, damaging winds, and frequent lightning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday...

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 17, 9:23 AM 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 16, 8:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb	36 min
Jun 16, 8:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Hancock, Washington	33 min
Jun 16, 8:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Newton	30 min
Jun 16, 8:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper, Putnam	33 min
Jun 16, 8:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb	31 min
Jun 16, 9:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	29 min
Jun 16, 9:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper, Putnam	32 min
Jun 16, 9:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Putnam	30 min
Jun 17, 12:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	31 min
Jun 17, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	45 min
Jun 17, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	36 min
Jun 17, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pickens	27 min
Jun 17, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer	36 min
Jun 17, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Pickens	18 min
Jun 17, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Union	23 min
Jun 17, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pickens	25 min
Jun 17, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	37 min
Jun 17, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Union	28 min
Jun 17, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	33 min
Jun 17, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Union	32 min
Jun 17, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	35 min
Jun 17, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Walker	32 min
Jun 17, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lumpkin	31 min
Jun 17, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	33 min
Jun 17, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	30 min
Jun 17, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	27 min
Jun 17, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Dade, Walker	32 min
Jun 17, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Douglas, Paulding	34 min
Jun 17, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	33 min
Jun 17, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa	29 min
Jun 17, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Paulding	32 min
Jun 17, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Haralson	32 min
Jun 17, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	34 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2018 Every 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.