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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 25, 2018Fayette County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 25, 2018, 1:41 PM EDT for Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 25, 2018, 1:41 PM EDT (17:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2018, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

County Fayette County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:42 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 22 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: 1416 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1094 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -7 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 25, 7:37 AM EDT, 6 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 7:37 AM EDT, 6 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 5:30 AM EDT, 8 hours 11 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
530 AM EDT Mon Jun 25 2018

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-260930-
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-
530 AM EDT Mon Jun 25 2018

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

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

...Heat Advisory In Effect For Central Georgia...

Hot temperatures combined with high moisture values will result in
heat indices around 105 degrees this afternoon. Please see the
latest heat advisory product issued by this office for further
details.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected across north and
central Georgia this afternoon. Isolated storms will be strong to
severe,with the main hazards damaging winds, frequent lightning,
and isolated flooding from heavy rainfall.

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

There will be an enhanced chance of strong to severe storms late
Wednesday into Wednesday night as an upper level storm system
moves across the area bringing likely storm coverage to North
Georgia.

There is a chance of thunderstorms each day for the rest of the
time period through next week, mainly during the afternoon and
evening hours with few storms becoming strong to severe each day
with gusty winds, frequent lightning and isolated flooding from
heavy rainfall.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 10:07 AM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 10:34 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 11:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 1:10 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 1:41 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 24, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Morgan, Putnam	37 min
Jun 24, 8:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Warren	43 min
Jun 24, 8:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	33 min
Jun 24, 8:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Oglethorpe, Wilkes	42 min
Jun 24, 9:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Taliaferro	35 min
Jun 24, 9:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock	47 min
Jun 24, 9:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington	37 min
Jun 24, 9:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro, Warren	44 min
Jun 24, 9:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	32 min
Jun 25, 4:26 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	FFC	Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge and 28 more	16 hr
Jun 25, 1:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	35 min
Jun 25, 1:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	31 min
Jun 25, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	33 min
Jun 25, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether	28 min
Jun 25, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	27 min
Jun 25, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	36 min
Jun 25, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	34 min
Jun 25, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Spalding	32 min
Jun 25, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Murray	26 min
Jun 25, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Whitfield	25 min
Jun 25, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	31 min
Jun 25, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	30 min
Jun 25, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether	27 min
Jun 25, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Whitfield	26 min
Jun 25, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer	32 min
Jun 25, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Newton	31 min
Jun 25, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walton	33 min
Jun 25, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pike, Spalding	29 min
Jun 25, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	25 min
Jun 25, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	24 min
Jun 25, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Newton, Walton	25 min
Jun 25, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin	32 min
Jun 25, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar	25 min
Jun 25, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	35 min
Jun 25, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	33 min
Jun 25, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pickens	31 min
Jun 25, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Union	23 min
Jun 25, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Whitfield	35 min
Jun 25, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Newton	16 min
Jun 25, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	31 min
Jun 25, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee	30 min
Jun 25, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Monroe, Upson	42 min
Jun 25, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson	23 min
Jun 25, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	27 min
Jun 25, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	39 min
Jun 25, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	23 min
Jun 25, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Forsyth	33 min
Jun 25, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall, White	29 min
Jun 25, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Monroe	29 min
Jun 25, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	27 min
Jun 25, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	26 min
Jun 25, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Douglas	35 min
Jun 25, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett	37 min
Jun 25, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Hall	36 min
Jun 25, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford	30 min
Jun 25, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall, Jackson	48 min
Jun 25, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta	31 min
Jun 25, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon	41 min
Jun 25, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	37 min
Jun 25, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	31 min
Jun 25, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Fulton	31 min
Jun 25, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Clayton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton and 2 more	41 min
Jun 25, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Jackson, Madison	50 min
Jun 25, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Fulton, Henry	40 min
Jun 25, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon, Schley	48 min
Jun 25, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	29 min
Jun 25, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Oglethorpe, Wilkes	31 min
Jun 25, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pike	30 min
Jun 25, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	26 min
Jun 25, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	40 min
Jun 25, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon	49 min
Jun 25, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	30 min
Jun 25, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	28 min
Jun 25, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	27 min
Jun 25, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pike, Upson	51 min
Jun 25, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee	31 min
Jun 25, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge	29 min
Jun 25, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp	36 min
Jun 25, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	30 min
Jun 25, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens	38 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.