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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2018, 6:56 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 34 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
- Aug 8, 2018, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2018, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Carroll County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
408
WWUS82 KFFC 082256
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
656 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2018
GAZ031>033-041>045-082330-
North Fulton GA-Douglas GA-Cobb GA-Haralson GA-DeKalb GA-Carroll GA-
Paulding GA-South Fulton GA-
656 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH FULTON...DOUGLAS...COBB...
HARALSON...WESTERN DEKALB...CARROLL...PAULDING AND NORTHERN SOUTH
FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...
At 655 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from Sandy Springs to near Tallapoosa...and moving
southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...up to penny sized hail...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
Atlanta, Marietta, Douglasville, Carrollton, Decatur, Dallas,
Buchanan, Sandy Springs, Roswell, Smyrna, Dunwoody, Kennesaw, Villa
Rica, Powder Springs, Chamblee, Austell, Bremen, Temple, Hiram and
Tallapoosa.
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 3390 8522 3391 8521 3391 8505 3395 8505
3395 8498 3397 8497 3403 8440 3379 8424
3350 8531 3390 8539
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 303DEG 11KT 3393 8438 3380 8530
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...50MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 12:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 12:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 18 min |
| Aug 8, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Whitfield | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Union | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens, Towns, Union | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon, Pickens, Polk | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall, Jackson | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Forsyth, Hall, Jackson | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Madison | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Peach | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Peach | 37 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.