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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 22, 20184 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 22, 2018, 7:32 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2018, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2018, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
40

Counties Catoosa County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 181 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2018-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 113 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2018-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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 22, 7:25 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 7:25 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
725 PM EDT Fri Jun 22 2018

.UPDATE...
Evening convection is ongoing and should continue for the next
several hours. Do think activity could continue until 9-10pm
before really diminishing in coverage/strength. Have kept thunder
in for the entire overnight period. Updated some of the hourly
temp/dew grids.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 329 PM EDT Fri Jun 22 2018/

SHORT TERM /Tonight through Saturday Night/...

The closed upper low over the OH Valley will drift slowly northeast
into the Great Lakes area on Saturday and weaken. North and central
GA will remain in a broad trough through tonight...with the upper
flow becoming more zonal on Saturday. Weak impulses will persist and
rotate around the trough. The air mass will continue to destabilize
and showers and thunderstorms will continue to develop and move
across the area through this evening.  The convection today and
tomorrow will be enhanced by diurnal heating but expect some storms
to linger overnight...mainly north and west. Moderate instability
this afternoon should support a few strong to severe storms with
damaging wind and hail possible. Otherwise not as hot mainly north
and west due to more clouds...but much of central GA will still
reach into the low and mid 90s with overall fewer clouds and lower
chances for thunderstorms. Heat index values will remain below
advisory criteria tomorrow.

41

LONG TERM /Sunday through Friday/...

Only tweaks to the long term based on the latest guidance.

BDL

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
Not much change in the over all pattern for the next 7 days.
North and Central GA stays in West to northwesterly upper level
flow through the middle of next week. This will allow waves and
moisture to continue to move across the area keeping the
Southeastern U.S. convectively active through the period. Still
expecting mainly diurnally driven storms each day as
instabilities peak everyday between 18z-00z across the CWA. The
airmass is also expected to stay fairly moist with PWs in the 1.5
to 1.9 inch range through day 7 as well. Temperatures remain warm
through the weekend and into next week. With dewpoints in the 70s
and above normal temperatures, heat index values will creep into
the lower 100s almost every day, especially over portions of
central and eastern Georgia. Although we are not anticipating
having to issue any heat advisories...those spending prolonged
periods outdoors should take frequent breaks and drink plenty of
water.

01

&&

.AVIATION...
00Z Update...
Thunderstorms should continue to impact the airports for the next
couple of hours. Do think activity should start to diminish in
coverage/strength between 9-10pm. Storms have contained gusty
winds and do think 25-30kt is not out of the question. Not
confident that IFR clouds will develop overnight, but have put in
a sct IFR deck. Winds (outside of thunderstorms) should remain on
the west side.

//ATL Confidence...00Z Update...
Med confidence all elements.

NListemaa

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Athens          70  89  72  94 /  50  50  10  20
Atlanta         72  90  74  92 /  50  50  20  20
Blairsville     64  83  67  86 /  40  50  30  40
Cartersville    70  87  72  92 /  50  60  20  30
Columbus        75  93  75  94 /  60  50  10  10
Gainesville     70  86  72  90 /  40  50  20  30
Macon           74  93  74  96 /  60  50  10  20
Rome            69  87  72  92 /  60  60  20  30
Peachtree City  72  91  73  93 /  60  50  10  20
Vidalia         75  94  76  97 /  40  30  10  20

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...NListemaa
LONG TERM....BDL
AVIATION...NListemaa
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 9:00 AM EDT, 10 hours 32 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
900 AM EDT Fri Jun 22 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-
900 AM EDT Fri Jun 22 2018

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight...

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected across north
and central Georgia this afternoon into tonight. Some storms
will be severe, most so north and west of Atlanta.
The main hazards will be damaging winds, frequent lightning,
and isolated flooding from heavy rainfall. An isolated tornado
will also be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday...

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not requested but spotters are encouraged
to submit reports of severe weather through the web by going to
weather.gov/atlanta.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:09 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 8:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel24 min
Jun 22, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa41 min
Jun 22, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa51 min
Jun 22, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson, Paulding41 min
Jun 22, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan, Newton39 min
Jun 22, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield23 min
Jun 22, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb42 min
Jun 22, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin41 min
Jun 22, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Forsyth52 min
Jun 22, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall32 min
Jun 22, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Douglas, Paulding28 min
Jun 22, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett49 min
Jun 22, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe46 min
Jun 22, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton24 min
Jun 22, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin37 min
Jun 22, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas51 min
Jun 22, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Wilkes44 min
Jun 22, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup39 min
Jun 22, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton49 min
Jun 22, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb45 min
Jun 22, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Barrow, Jackson50 min
Jun 22, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether, Troup45 min
Jun 22, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard32 min
Jun 22, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Heard27 min
Jun 22, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Rockdale, Walton37 min
Jun 22, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Clarke, Jackson, Oconee39 min
Jun 22, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Heard, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike and 1 more35 min
Jun 22, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton42 min
Jun 22, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee, Walton51 min
Jun 22, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe27 min
Jun 22, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Newton, Rockdale and 1 more53 min
Jun 22, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe, Wilkes35 min

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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.