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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2018, 1:07 PM EDT for Union County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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 16, 2018, 1:07 PM EDT (17:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2018, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Union County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:10 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 842 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Jul 16, 7:53 AM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 7:53 AM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 1:00 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 100 PM EDT Mon Jul 16 2018 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-171000- 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- 100 PM EDT Mon Jul 16 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected across north and central Georgia this afternoon and tonight, most numerous between 3 and midnight, although isolated storms will continue overnight. A few of these storms could also be strong, producing gusty winds and occasional lightning. However, the main hazard from the thunderstorms will be locally heavy rainfall. The heavy rain could cause temporary street flooding and ponding of water in low lying areas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday... Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected Tuesday through Sunday, mainly in the afternoon and evening hours each day. A few strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible each day with strong, gusty winds, frequent lightning, and very heavy rainfall. .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 16, 1:07 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
107 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2018
GAZ006-008-161745-
Union GA-Fannin GA-
107 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR UNION AND NORTHEASTERN FANNIN
COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM EDT...
At 107 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Hurst, or 9 miles east
of Blue Ridge...moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...frequent cloud to ground lightning
and heavy rain.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Blairsville, Suches, Dial, Hemp, Owltown, Margret, Vogel State Park,
Hurst, Jones Creek, Woods Hole Shelter, Gaddistown and Blood Mountain
Shelter.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3488 8388 3474 8393 3474 8395 3472 8398
3468 8399 3467 8403 3464 8404 3473 8426
3475 8428 3492 8421
TIME...MOT...LOC 1707Z 286DEG 12KT 3481 8416
WIND...40MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 28 min |
| Jul 15, 9:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 38 min |
| Jul 15, 9:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 9:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 26 min |
| Jul 15, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Paulding | 37 min |
| Jul 15, 10:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 10:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 35 min |
| Jul 16, 12:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 59 min |
| Jul 16, 12:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Forsyth | 55 min |
| Jul 16, 1:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 80 min |
| Jul 16, 1:44 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 38 min |
| Jul 16, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 36 min |
| Jul 16, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 49 min |
| Jul 16, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 29 min |
| Jul 16, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Walton | 29 min |
| Jul 16, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 37 min |
| Jul 16, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 29 min |
| Jul 16, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 30 min |
Nearby
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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.