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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Sep 24, 2018, 9:32 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
- Sep 24, 2018, 9:32 PM EDT (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2018, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 50
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted.
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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 24, 9:32 PM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 24, 9:32 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 435 AM EDT Mon Sep 24 2018 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-250845- 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- 435 AM EDT Mon Sep 24 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... Scattered thunderstorms are expected today with highest chances across the northwest corner of the area. A few strong storms will be possible each day with gusty winds, frequent lightning and locally heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday... Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected daily through the week. A few strong storms will be possible with gusty winds, frequent lightning and locally heavy rainfall. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not requested but spotters are encouraged to submit reports of severe weather through the web by going to weather.gov/atlanta.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 24, 5:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
544 PM EDT MON SEP 24 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 WSW RINGGOLD 34.90N 85.14W
09/24/2018 CATOOSA GA EMERGENCY MNGR
ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING ON POPLAR SPRINGS RD AT
INTERSRCTION WITH BONNER RD.
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC1800848
KINGLocal storm report, Sep 24, 5:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
546 PM EDT MON SEP 24 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 ESE BOYNTON 34.91N 85.15W
09/24/2018 CATOOSA GA EMERGENCY MNGR
HOLCOMB RD CLOSED IN TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS DUE TO
FLOODING.
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC1800849
KINGSpecial weather statement, Sep 24, 8:39 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
839 PM EDT MON SEP 24 2018
GAZ011-250115-
Chattooga GA-
839 PM EDT MON SEP 24 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN CHATTOOGA COUNTY UNTIL
915 PM EDT...
At 839 PM EDT...National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm over Broomtown, or near Little River Canyon
National Preserve...moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind and enhanced risk of a brief tornado.
IMPACT...While winds should result in minor damage to tree limbs
and blowing around of light...unsecured objects...this
storm has also exhibited localized rotation. A brief
tornado could quickly form.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Summerville, Lyerly, Menlo, Cloudland, Berryton, Chattoogaville,
James H. Floyd State Park and Holland.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.
LAT...LON 3444 8525 3437 8532 3437 8534 3433 8537
3429 8541 3429 8546 3458 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 211DEG 24KT 3435 8552
WIND...50MPHSpecial weather statement, Sep 24, 9:01 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 36 min |
| Sep 24, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 29 min |
| Sep 24, 9:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 34 min |
| Sep 24, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 41 min |
| Sep 24, 10:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 29 min |
| Sep 24, 10:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 25 min |
| Sep 24, 10:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 29 min |
| Sep 24, 10:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Douglas, Paulding | 24 min |
| Sep 24, 10:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 30 min |
| Sep 24, 11:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Douglas, Paulding | 23 min |
| Sep 24, 11:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 11:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 36 min |
| Sep 25, 12:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 41 min |
| Sep 25, 1:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 48 min |
| Sep 25, 10:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 4 days |
| Sep 25, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 33 min |
| Sep 25, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 32 min |
| Sep 25, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 28 min |
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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.