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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 25, 2018, 3:21 PM EDT for Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 2018, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2018, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
County Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 3:32 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Trion, GA | TREE AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN ON THE 1200 BLOCK OF PINE ST IN TRION. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS82 KFFC 251921
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
321 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2018
GAZ002-011-251945-
Chattooga GA-Walker GA-
321 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CHATTOOGA AND
SOUTHWESTERN WALKER COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...
At 321 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was centered 3 miles south of
Center Post, or 9 miles southwest of Lafayette...moving east at 15
mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...pea sized hail and frequent cloud to
ground lightning.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Lafayette, Trion, Center Post and Linwood.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
LAT...LON 3471 8545 3474 8524 3462 8522 3450 8533
3453 8551 3455 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 269DEG 13KT 3463 8542
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...50MPH
$$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, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 34 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, 3:24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.