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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2018, 2:49 PM EDT for Crawford County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2018, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2018, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
County Crawford County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Roberta, GA | TREE FELL IN THE CENTER OF THE TOWN OF ROBERTA, KNOCKING OUT A TRANSFORMER NEAR HWY 80 AND 341 |
| Aug 7, 2:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Roberta, GA | A TREE WAS DOWNED ONTO POWER LINES AT INTERSECTION OF HWY 341 AND HWY 128. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 1814 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
379
WWUS82 KFFC 071849
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
249 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2018
GAZ081-071915-
Crawford GA-
249 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM
EDT...
At 249 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Roberta...moving south
at 10 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
Roberta, Knoxville, Lee Pope, Sandy Point, Horns and Nakomis.
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 3255 8402 3256 8405 3257 8405 3258 8407
3263 8407 3263 8406 3264 8408 3269 8411
3268 8412 3269 8412 3277 8411 3278 8390
3263 8385 3258 8393 3255 8395 3256 8396
3253 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 354DEG 9KT 3271 8400
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...50MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 11:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 3:32 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 38 more | 15 hr |
| Aug 7, 6:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 7:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 7:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 12:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 12:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Rockdale | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 1:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 1:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Newton | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley, Taylor | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Henry, Morgan, Newton | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Spalding | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Spalding | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Putnam | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Upson | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Troup | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe, Pike | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Warren | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Twiggs | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.