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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 21, 2018Union County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 21, 2018, 2:07 AM 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 21, 2018, 2:07 AM EDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2018, 2:45 AM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
40

County Union County, GA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 182 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2018-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 116 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2018-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
116 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1353 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

815 
WWUS82 KFFC 210607
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
207 AM EDT SAT JUL 21 2018
 
GAZ006-008-210645-
Union GA-Fannin GA-
207 AM EDT SAT JUL 21 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN UNION AND
NORTHEASTERN FANNIN COUNTIES UNTIL 245 AM EDT...

At 207 AM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Marble to near Nottely Dam to near Culberson...
and moving southeast at 20 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 these storms include
Nottely Dam, Ivy Log and Culberson. 

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 3497 8395 3494 8392 3488 8413 3499 8432
      3499 8394
TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 299DEG 18KT 3520 8396 3502 8409 3498 8422 

WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 1:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin55 min
Jul 21, 2:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Murray43 min
Jul 21, 2:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns, Union36 min
Jul 21, 2:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin, Towns, Union, White40 min
Jul 21, 2:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield47 min
Jul 21, 3:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Hall, Lumpkin, Pickens and 1 more41 min
Jul 21, 3:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite23 min
Jul 21, 3:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin49 min
Jul 21, 3:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Murray44 min
Jul 21, 4:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray59 min
Jul 21, 4:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Murray, Whitfield26 min
Jul 21, 4:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield48 min
Jul 21, 4:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens46 min
Jul 21, 4:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Hall, Jackson44 min
Jul 21, 4:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade27 min
Jul 21, 4:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Murray6 hr
Jul 21, 4:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade, Walker34 min
Jul 21, 5:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens51 min
Jul 21, 5:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall31 min
Jul 21, 5:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke29 min
Jul 21, 5:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow23 min
Jul 21, 5:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Pickens46 min
Jul 21, 5:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Chattooga, Cherokee, Floyd25 min
Jul 21, 6:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett24 min
Jul 21, 6:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton50 min
Jul 21, 6:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk28 min
Jul 21, 6:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Paulding26 min
Jul 21, 6:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Oconee, Walton50 min
Jul 21, 6:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson31 min
Jul 21, 6:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas, Haralson34 min
Jul 21, 6:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Rockdale29 min
Jul 21, 7:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Putnam, Walton42 min
Jul 21, 7:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Henry, Newton, Rockdale33 min
Jul 21, 7:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Douglas, Fayette31 min
Jul 21, 7:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam37 min
Jul 21, 7:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Jasper, Spalding34 min
Jul 21, 7:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Heard32 min
Jul 21, 8:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Jones, Lamar, Monroe30 min
Jul 21, 8:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Pike27 min
Jul 21, 8:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock37 min
Jul 21, 8:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Twiggs, Wilkinson36 min
Jul 21, 8:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Troup, Upson34 min
Jul 21, 8:33 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett78 min
Jul 21, 9:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley29 min
Jul 21, 9:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Harris, Talbot, Taylor25 min
Jul 21, 9:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Houston, Macon, Marion, Muscogee and 3 more28 min
Jul 21, 9:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Dodge, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen26 min
Jul 21, 9:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley, Taylor51 min
Jul 21, 9:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Dooly, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Pulaski and 1 more31 min
Jul 21, 10:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Montgomery, Wheeler30 min
Jul 21, 10:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Macon, Sumter52 min
Jul 21, 10:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter45 min
Jul 21, 10:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster25 min
Jul 21, 10:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair37 min
Jul 21, 10:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Wilcox53 min
Jul 21, 10:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster12 min
Jul 21, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Haralson, Heard43 min
Jul 21, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson41 min
Jul 21, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson, Heard34 min
Jul 21, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard52 min
Jul 21, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup33 min
Jul 21, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Fulton30 min
Jul 21, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Whitfield29 min
Jul 21, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup42 min
Jul 21, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd24 min
Jul 21, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard31 min
Jul 21, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray29 min
Jul 21, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether26 min
Jul 21, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas24 min
Jul 21, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether, Troup32 min
Jul 21, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton45 min
Jul 21, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray42 min
Jul 21, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion33 min
Jul 21, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Rockdale33 min
Jul 21, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale, Walton46 min
Jul 21, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee30 min
Jul 21, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart44 min
Jul 21, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion42 min
Jul 21, 7:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett24 min
Jul 21, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Floyd33 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.