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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 2, 2018Toombs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Dec 2, 2018, 5:29 AM EST for Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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
Dec 2, 2018, 5:29 AM EST (10:29 UTC)
Expired
Dec 2, 2018, 6:00 AM EST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
50

County Toombs County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 180 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2018-12-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 103 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2018-12-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 325 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
325 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
347 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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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 Dec 2, 3:53 AM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 3:53 AM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 1, 6:39 PM EST, 10 hours 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
639 PM EST Sat Dec 1 2018

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-021700-
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-
639 PM EST Sat Dec 1 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...Tonight...
A few storms are expected to develop tonight as a warm front
retreats northward across the state. Some of the storms could be
strong to severe, particularly across Central and Western
Georgia. Any severe storms that occur could possibly produce
damaging wind gusts or perhaps a brief tornado.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday...

Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected to
continue to move through the area Sunday and Monday particularly
across Central and Southeastern Georgia.

.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

Special weather statement, Dec 2, 4:32 AM EST, 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 2, 5:00 AM EST, 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 2, 5:29 AM EST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
529 AM EST SUN DEC 2 2018

GAZ112-113-021100-
Toombs GA-Montgomery GA-
529 AM EST SUN DEC 2 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TOOMBS AND SOUTHEASTERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM EST...

At 528 AM EST...a line of strong thunderstorms extended from
Cobbtown to near New Branch to Charlotteville...and moving east at
35 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...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
Lyons, Uvalda, Santa Claus, Alston, Center, Toombs Central, Ohoopee,
New Branch, Ponderosa, McNatt Falls, South Thompson, English Eddy,
Grays Landing, Rock Springs, Cedar Crossing, Johnson Corner and
Charlotteville.

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 3194 8228 3193 8230 3195 8231 3193 8231
      3194 8238 3196 8238 3195 8239 3197 8244
      3197 8248 3196 8250 3195 8248 3195 8249
      3196 8254 3200 8258 3205 8260 3215 8238
      3231 8224 3231 8223 3217 8218 3191 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 1028Z 288DEG 30KT 3226 8216 3210 8228 3200 8253

WIND...50MPH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 1, 7:54 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler36 min
Dec 1, 10:48 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter27 min
Dec 1, 11:17 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly28 min
Dec 1, 11:38 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Wilcox52 min
Dec 2, 12:35 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Sumter6 hr
Dec 2, 12:37 AM ESTFlash Flood WatchFFCCrisp, Dodge, Dooly, Emanuel, Laurens, Montgomery and 8 more15 hr
Dec 2, 1:08 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett6 hr
Dec 2, 1:52 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox38 min
Dec 2, 2:26 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCDodge, Pulaski, Wilcox6 hr
Dec 2, 3:05 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge25 min
Dec 2, 4:00 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge30 min
Dec 2, 4:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Wheeler28 min
Dec 2, 4:50 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp25 min
Dec 2, 5:00 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs30 min
Dec 2, 5:04 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock11 min
Dec 2, 5:14 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCandler16 min
Dec 2, 5:55 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningFFCCrisp, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox6 hr
Dec 2, 6:22 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair23 min
Dec 2, 6:30 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Webster30 min
Dec 2, 6:35 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart, Webster25 min
Dec 2, 6:38 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs37 min
Dec 2, 7:05 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson25 min
Dec 2, 7:08 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs37 min
Dec 2, 7:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Warren, Washington44 min
Dec 2, 7:57 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett94 min
Dec 2, 10:34 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair, Wheeler41 min
Dec 2, 11:14 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Pulaski46 min
Dec 2, 11:51 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs24 min
Dec 2, 11:59 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningFFCCrisp12 hr

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.