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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 16, 2018Butts County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2018, 10:09 PM EDT for Butts County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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, 10:09 PM EDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2018, 10:45 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

County Butts County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 47 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1975 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1033 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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, 9:33 PM EDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 9:33 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 9:38 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 8:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
842 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2018

GAZ033-044-045-054-055-057-170115-
Fayette GA-North Fulton GA-Clayton GA-DeKalb GA-Henry GA-
South Fulton GA-
842 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE...NORTH
FULTON...CLAYTON...SOUTHWESTERN DEKALB...NORTHWESTERN HENRY AND
EASTERN SOUTH FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM EDT...

At 842 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Riverdale, or near
Jonesboro...moving northeast at 10 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
Atlanta, Jonesboro, East Point, Union City, Forest Park, Riverdale,
College Park, Morrow, Hapeville, Lake City, Hartsfield-Jackson
Airport, West End, Rex, Ellenwood, Turner Field, Hidden Valley Park,
Fort Gillem, Lakewood Park, Conley and Gresham Park.

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 3376 8443 3361 8418 3348 8440 3356 8452
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 216DEG 10KT 3356 8444

WIND...40MPH

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 8:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
846 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2018

GAZ030-031-041-042-170115-
Polk GA-Haralson GA-Carroll GA-Paulding GA-
846 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN POLK...NORTHEASTERN
HARALSON...NORTHERN CARROLL AND SOUTHWESTERN PAULDING COUNTIES UNTIL
915 PM EDT...

At 846 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Eubank Lake, or near
Buchanan...moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Heavy rain.

  IMPACT...Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially
           in poor drainage areas.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Buchanan, Temple, Yorkville, Draketown, Antioch and Eubank Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3396 8521 3394 8494 3372 8498 3378 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 270DEG 16KT 3387 8513

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 9:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 9:32 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 10:00 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 10:09 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	29 min
Jul 16, 8:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pike	32 min
Jul 16, 8:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	26 min
Jul 16, 8:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	26 min
Jul 16, 8:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton	33 min
Jul 16, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	29 min
Jul 16, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Henry, Spalding	31 min
Jul 16, 9:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	23 min
Jul 16, 9:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Haralson, Polk	6 hr
Jul 16, 9:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	28 min
Jul 16, 10:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry, Newton, Rockdale	30 min
Jul 16, 10:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	25 min
Jul 16, 10:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	30 min
Jul 16, 11:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper, Morgan, Putnam	49 min
Jul 16, 11:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Jackson	48 min
Jul 16, 11:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Taliaferro	46 min
Jul 17, 12:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer, Murray, Pickens, Whitfield	54 min
Jul 17, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	35 min
Jul 17, 1:51 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	5 hr
Jul 17, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	43 min
Jul 17, 2:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen	22 min
Jul 17, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	24 min
Jul 17, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield	46 min
Jul 17, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	30 min
Jul 17, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	29 min
Jul 17, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Walker, Whitfield	31 min
Jul 17, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Gordon	28 min
Jul 17, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	46 min
Jul 17, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	27 min
Jul 17, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon	28 min
Jul 17, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	28 min
Jul 17, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	28 min
Jul 17, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	24 min
Jul 17, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	34 min
Jul 17, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	28 min
Jul 17, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	25 min
Jul 17, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilkinson	32 min
Jul 17, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Treutlen	29 min
Jul 17, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	28 min
Jul 17, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Sumter	35 min
Jul 17, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	23 min
Jul 17, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	27 min
Jul 17, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	32 min
Jul 17, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	30 min
Jul 17, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Dooly	30 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.