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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2018, 4:10 PM EDT for Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 10, 2018, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2018, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Twiggs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 2065 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Aug 9, 7:35 PM EDT, 20 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 7:35 PM EDT, 20 hours 35 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 4:29 PM EDT, 23 hours 41 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 429 PM EDT Thu Aug 9 2018 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-101200- Baldwin-Banks-Barrow-Bartow-Bibb-Bleckley-Butts-Carroll-Catoosa- Chattahoochee-Chattooga-Cherokee-Clarke-Clayton-Cobb-Coweta- Crawford-Crisp-Dade-Dawson-DeKalb-Dodge-Dooly-Douglas-Emanuel- Fannin-Fayette-Floyd-Forsyth-Gilmer-Glascock-Gordon-Greene- Gwinnett-Hall-Hancock-Haralson-Harris-Heard-Henry-Houston-Jackson- Jasper-Jefferson-Johnson-Jones-Lamar-Laurens-Lumpkin-Macon- Madison-Marion-Meriwether-Monroe-Montgomery-Morgan-Murray- Muscogee-Newton-North Fulton-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Paulding-Peach- Pickens-Pike-Polk-Pulaski-Putnam-Rockdale-Schley-South Fulton- Spalding-Stewart-Sumter-Talbot-Taliaferro-Taylor-Telfair-Toombs- Towns-Treutlen-Troup-Twiggs-Union-Upson-Walker-Walton-Warren- Washington-Webster-Wheeler-White-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes- Wilkinson- 429 PM EDT Thu Aug 9 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Tonight... Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected through this afternoon and evening, especially over western Georgia and increase in coverage as they move east during the late afternoon and evening. Some storms could be strong to severe with damaging winds, frequent lightning and heavy rain. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday... Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected each day, mainly during the afternoon and evening. Widespread severe weather is not anticipated, however, some storms could produce strong winds, frequent lightning and heavy rain. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 10, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Twiggs | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 33 min |
| Aug 10, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 35 min |
| Aug 10, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 33 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2018Every special weather statement in 2018
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.