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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2018, 3:21 PM EDT for Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 28, 2018, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2018, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
County Heard County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 1102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted.
755
WWUS82 KFFC 281921
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
321 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2018
GAZ041-042-052-281945-
Haralson GA-Carroll GA-Heard GA-
321 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARALSON...
SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL AND WESTERN HEARD COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...
At 321 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Tallapoosa to near Frolona...and moving south at
20 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 these storms include
Carrollton, Franklin, Tallapoosa, Bowdon, Mount Zion, Waco, Ephesus,
Tyus, Roosterville, Waresville, Frolona, Texas and Blackjack
Mountain.
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 3375 8521 3320 8509 3317 8523 3378 8536
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 352DEG 17KT 3371 8530 3332 8519
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 27, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 40 min |
| Jun 27, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 26 min |
| Jun 27, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 24 min |
| Jun 27, 9:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 9:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 24 min |
| Jun 27, 10:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 30 min |
| Jun 27, 10:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Cobb, Floyd, Gordon, Polk | 32 min |
| Jun 27, 10:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 11:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 24 min |
| Jun 28, 5:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Towns and 2 more | 36 min |
| Jun 28, 6:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 7:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, DeKalb, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Lumpkin | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 7:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, DeKalb, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson | 25 min |
| Jun 28, 8:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Towns, Union | 26 min |
| Jun 28, 8:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Cherokee, Clarke, DeKalb, Forsyth, Gwinnett and 5 more | 38 min |
| Jun 28, 9:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Jackson | 28 min |
| Jun 28, 9:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 26 min |
| Jun 28, 9:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Oconee, Walton | 32 min |
| Jun 28, 9:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin | 27 min |
| Jun 28, 10:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Hall, Jackson | 23 min |
| Jun 28, 10:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 10:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield | 48 min |
| Jun 28, 10:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Jackson, Oconee | 24 min |
| Jun 28, 10:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens and 1 more | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 11:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett, Oconee, Walton | 27 min |
| Jun 28, 11:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 11:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 26 min |
| Jun 28, 11:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Walker and 1 more | 60 min |
| Jun 28, 12:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Rockdale | 28 min |
| Jun 28, 12:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 23 min |
| Jun 28, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 30 min |
| Jun 28, 12:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 26 min |
| Jun 28, 12:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 28 min |
| Jun 28, 12:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker | 48 min |
| Jun 28, 1:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Fayette, Lamar, Spalding | 27 min |
| Jun 28, 1:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 24 min |
| Jun 28, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington, Wilkinson | 36 min |
| Jun 28, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup | 49 min |
| Jun 28, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Upson | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 29 min |
| Jun 28, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Polk, Walker | 49 min |
| Jun 28, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Johnson, Peach, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 32 min |
| Jun 28, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 50 min |
| Jun 28, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Laurens, Peach, Pulaski | 32 min |
| Jun 28, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Heard | 29 min |
| Jun 28, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs | 50 min |
| Jun 28, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Marion, Taylor | 29 min |
| Jun 28, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Pulaski | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 30 min |
| Jun 28, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 28 min |
| Jun 28, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Troup | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Stewart, Sumter and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski, Telfair, Wilcox | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Schley, Sumter | 33 min |
| Jun 28, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 30 min |
| Jun 28, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Stewart, Sumter and 1 more | 47 min |
| Jun 28, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Sumter | 29 min |
| Jun 28, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 44 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.