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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2018, 2:05 PM EDT for Marion County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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 14, 2018, 2:05 PM EDT (18:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2018, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Marion County, GA
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 545 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 14, 2:02 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 2:02 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
205 PM EDT SAT JUL 14 2018
GAZ090-091-141830-
Chattahoochee GA-Marion GA-
205 PM EDT SAT JUL 14 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CHATTAHOOCHEE AND
SOUTHERN MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT...
At 205 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Zellobee to Draneville...and moving south at 5
mph.
HAZARD...Frequent lightning and heavy rain.
IMPACT...Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. If you can
hear thunder...you are close enough to be struck by
lightning. Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding
especially in poor drainage areas.
Some locations in the path of these storms include
Buena Vista, Draneville and Zellobee.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Electrical
appliances should not be used unless in an emergency. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3226 8468 3214 8443 3226 8443 3238 8466
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 341DEG 5KT 3232 8465 3223 8447The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 8:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 5 hr |
| Jul 13, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 9:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 9:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 9:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 2:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 64 min |
| Jul 14, 6:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 54 min |
| Jul 14, 7:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 1:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 24 min |
| Jul 14, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 29 min |
| Jul 14, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 27 min |
| Jul 14, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, Fulton | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wilcox | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 35 min |
| Jul 14, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 24 min |
| Jul 14, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Bleckley, Dodge | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 28 min |
| Jul 14, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.