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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2018, 3:21 PM EDT for Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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 9, 2018, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2018, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
County Rockdale County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 1181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 881 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
591
WWUS82 KFFC 091921
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
321 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2018
GAZ045-046-055-057-092000-
Rockdale GA-Clayton GA-DeKalb GA-Henry GA-
321 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ROCKDALE...
NORTHEASTERN CLAYTON...SOUTHERN DEKALB AND NORTHWESTERN HENRY
COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...
At 321 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Hidden Valley Park, or
9 miles northeast of Jonesboro...moving east at 20 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
Conyers, Stockbridge, Forest Park, Lake City, Lithonia, Rex,
Richardson Park, Ellenwood, Arabia Mountain, Hidden Valley Park,
Panola Mountain State Park, Conley, Kelleytown, Snapfinger, Fort
Gillem, Gresham Park and Panthersville.
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 3372 8407 3363 8399 3355 8403 3352 8405
3352 8404 3351 8404 3352 8432 3369 8433
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 269DEG 16KT 3362 8424
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 8, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Monroe | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 9:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 9:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 44 min |
| Aug 8, 9:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 17 min |
| Aug 8, 10:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 10:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Harris, Henry, Meriwether, Pike and 2 more | 48 min |
| Aug 8, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 10:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 10:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 10:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 11:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 11:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 12:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 12:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 12:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 1:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Washington, Wilkinson | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Polk | 38 min |
| Aug 9, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Heard, Paulding | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Upson | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 43 min |
| Aug 9, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe | 51 min |
| Aug 9, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Rockdale | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jenkins | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Peach, Pulaski | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley, Taylor | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 7:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 3 hr |
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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.