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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2018, 12:57 PM EDT for Gilmer County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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
- Jul 6, 2018, 12:57 PM EDT (16:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2018, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
County Gilmer County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:56 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 716 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jul 6, 11:13 AM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 11:13 AM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 12:46 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1246 PM EDT Fri Jul 6 2018 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-071700- 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- 1246 PM EDT Fri Jul 6 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and into tonight as a cold front moves out of the Tennessee Valley and into north Georgia. A few thunderstorms could be strong to severe with gusty winds, frequent lightning, and heavy rain. The most favorable time frame for thunderstorm development will be through 10 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday... The cold front will continue its slow southward movement, moving into central Georgia by Saturday afternoon. Numerous thunderstorms are expected to develop by late Saturday morning and continue into Saturday evening. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected again Sunday, mainly across central Georgia as the cold front stalls across central Georgia. A few of these storms both Saturday and Sunday could be strong to severe with gusty winds, frequent lightning, and heavy rain. Scattered mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms are possible Monday through Thursday. .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, Jul 6, 12:57 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1257 PM EDT FRI JUL 6 2018
GAZ005-007-013-061745-
Gilmer GA-Pickens GA-Murray GA-
1257 PM EDT FRI JUL 6 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN GILMER...
NORTHWESTERN PICKENS AND SOUTHEASTERN MURRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM
EDT...
At 1257 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Roundtop, or near
Ellijay...moving southwest 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 this storm include
Ellijay, East Ellijay, Carters, Talona, Tails Creek, Blaine and
Roundtop.
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 3475 8456 3459 8437 3447 8463 3450 8466
3458 8465 3458 8468 3460 8471 3460 8473
3461 8473 3461 8472 3462 8472 3462 8474
3461 8475 3465 8478
TIME...MOT...LOC 1657Z 050DEG 17KT 3464 8457
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...50MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Pickens | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Union | 23 min |
| Jul 6, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Whitfield | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Walton | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon, Murray | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Henry, Rockdale | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 7:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 23 min |
| Jul 6, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard, Troup | 27 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.