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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Dec 2, 2018, 6:30 AM EST for Stewart County, Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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, 6:30 AM EST (11:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 2, 2018, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Stewart County, GA, Webster County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 472 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Dec 2, 3:53 AM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 3:53 AM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 558 AM EST Sun Dec 2 2018 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-031100- 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- 558 AM EST Sun Dec 2 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... Storms will continue to move across an area south of a line from Columbus to Monticello to Lexington today. Some of the storms could be strong to severe. Any severe storms that occur could possibly produce damaging wind gusts or perhaps a brief tornado. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday... Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain possible are expected to continue to move through the area Monday particularly across east central 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, 5:00 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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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...50MPHSpecial weather statement, Dec 2, 6:22 AM EST, 8 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
622 AM EST SUN DEC 2 2018
GAZ110-111-021145-
Wheeler GA-Telfair GA-
622 AM EST SUN DEC 2 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WHEELER AND SOUTHERN
TELFAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 645 AM EST...
At 621 AM EST...a strong thunderstorm was centered near
Jacksonville, or 16 miles northwest of Broxton...moving east at 55
mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 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 this storm include
Lumber City, Jacksonville, Towns, China Hill, Horse Creek Wma, Spring
Hill, Jordan and Workmore.
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 3180 8308 3189 8313 3207 8263 3201 8260
3196 8254 3196 8257 3192 8263 3192 8268
3190 8269 3186 8276 3186 8278 3185 8279
3184 8279 3178 8286 3178 8289 3179 8290
3178 8292 3179 8298 3178 8301
TIME...MOT...LOC 1121Z 253DEG 49KT 3184 8301
WIND...40MPHSpecial weather statement, Dec 2, 6:30 AM EST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
630 AM EST SUN DEC 2 2018
GAZ102-103-021200-
Stewart GA-Webster GA-
630 AM EST SUN DEC 2 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEWART AND
NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM EST...
At 630 AM EST...a strong thunderstorm was centered near Sanford, or
7 miles southwest of Lumpkin...moving northeast at 55 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
Lumpkin, Preston, Richland, Seminole, Kimbrough, Sanford, Westville
and Brooklyn.
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 3197 8497 3197 8495 3198 8498 3200 8500
3223 8464 3220 8460 3219 8459 3219 8458
3216 8455 3215 8453 3213 8453 3213 8451
3201 8455 3193 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 1130Z 245DEG 46KT 3200 8492
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...50MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 7:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 36 min |
| Dec 1, 10:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 27 min |
| Dec 1, 11:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 28 min |
| Dec 1, 11:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 52 min |
| Dec 2, 12:35 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 6 hr |
| Dec 2, 12:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Emanuel, Laurens, Montgomery and 8 more | 15 hr |
| Dec 2, 1:08 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 6 hr |
| Dec 2, 1:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 38 min |
| Dec 2, 2:26 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Dec 2, 3:05 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 25 min |
| Dec 2, 4:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 30 min |
| Dec 2, 4:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 28 min |
| Dec 2, 4:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 25 min |
| Dec 2, 5:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 30 min |
| Dec 2, 5:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 11 min |
| Dec 2, 5:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Candler | 16 min |
| Dec 2, 5:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 31 min |
| Dec 2, 5:55 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Dec 2, 6:22 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 23 min |
| Dec 2, 6:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 25 min |
| Dec 2, 6:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 37 min |
| Dec 2, 7:05 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 25 min |
| Dec 2, 7:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 37 min |
| Dec 2, 7:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Warren, Washington | 44 min |
| Dec 2, 7:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 94 min |
| Dec 2, 10:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 41 min |
| Dec 2, 11:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly, Pulaski | 46 min |
| Dec 2, 11:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 24 min |
| Dec 2, 11:59 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Crisp | 12 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.