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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 28, 2018Dooly County, Sumter County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Dec 28, 2018, 12:46 PM EST for Dooly County, Sumter County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2018, 12:46 PM EST (17:46 UTC)
Expired: Dec 28, 2018, 1:15 PM EST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

Counties Dooly County, GA, Sumter County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 186 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 5.0

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Dec 28, 12:45 PM EST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 12:45 PM EST, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 5:58 AM EST, 6 hours 48 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
558 AM EST Fri Dec 28 2018

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-291100-
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 Fri Dec 28 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight...

Showers and a few thunderstorms will move across the area through
tonight. Locally heavy rain and brief strong wind gusts can be
expected, especially in the higher terrain of north Georgia. A
Flash Flood Watch is in effect through tomorrow morning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday...

Several rounds of showers will continue into next week, with
isolated thunderstorms possible Monday and Tuesday. Much of the
area could see 2 to 4 inches of additional rainfall, with locally
higher amounts possible. This rainfall will increase the river
and stream flood threat once again as grounds remain wet from
recent rains. Localized flash flooding will also be a concern in
flood prone areas.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 28, 11:04 AM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1104 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1027 AM     FLOOD            5 ESE MURRAYVILLE       34.40N  83.82W
12/28/2018                   HALL               GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HALL COUNTY EMA REPORTING POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES IN
            NORTHERN PART OF COUNTY DUE TO HIGH WATER, SPECIFICALLY
            JIM HOOD ROAD AND HIGHLAND ROAD. THIS LOCATION IS NEAR
            THE WEST FORK LITTLE RIVER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1800963

DJN

Local storm report, Dec 28, 11:25 AM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1125 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1104 AM     FLOOD            1 SE HOLLINGSWORTH      34.43N  83.50W
12/28/2018                   BANKS              GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MADE SEVERAL ROADS DIFFICULT OR
            IMPASSABLE TO TRAVEL ON ACROSS BANKS COUNTY,
            SPECIFICALLY MOSS MILL ROAD AT FLAT ROCK ROAD. THIS
            LOCATION IS ALONG LITTLE NAILS CREEK.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1800964

DJN

Special weather statement, Dec 28, 11:33 AM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1133 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2018

GAZ038-039-049>051-059>061-071>073-084-281715-
Taliaferro GA-Wilkes GA-Wilkinson GA-Morgan GA-Putnam GA-Baldwin GA-
Monroe GA-Hancock GA-Oglethorpe GA-Jones GA-Jasper GA-Greene GA-
1133 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2018

At 1132 AM EST...a line of strong storms was along a line extending
from near Lexington to near Parks Mill to Bolingbroke...and moving
east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Heavy rain.

  IMPACT...Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially
           in poor drainage areas.

Some locations in the path of these storms include
Milledgeville, Eatonton, Washington, Greensboro, Gray, Sparta,
Crawfordville, Lexington, Gordon, Union Point, Ivey, Tignall,
Woodville, White Plains, Siloam, Maxeys, Rayle, Sharon, Reynolds
Plantation and Phoenix.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3361 8263 3361 8264 3359 8270 3351 8275
      3352 8282 3347 8287 3337 8282 3288 8328
      3289 8366 3295 8373 3288 8384 3288 8391
      3346 8336 3394 8311 3399 8283 3399 8265
      3386 8261 3387 8257 3383 8260 3376 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 1632Z 263DEG 30KT 3389 8308 3348 8330 3295 8380

WIND...40MPH

Special weather statement, Dec 28, 11:45 AM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1145 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2018

GAZ071-072-080>084-091>095-102>105-281730-
Peach GA-Stewart GA-Monroe GA-Marion GA-Jones GA-Twiggs GA-Macon GA-
Schley GA-Wilkinson GA-Dooly GA-Taylor GA-Bibb GA-Sumter GA-
Houston GA-Crawford GA-Webster GA-
1145 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEACH...SOUTHEASTERN STEWART...
SOUTHEASTERN MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN MARION...SOUTHEASTERN JONES...
NORTHWESTERN TWIGGS...MACON...SCHLEY...WESTERN WILKINSON...
NORTHWESTERN DOOLY...SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR...BIBB...SUMTER...HOUSTON...
CRAWFORD AND WEBSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM EST...

At 1145 AM EST...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Lake Tobesofkee to Kimbrough...and moving east at
40 mph.

  HAZARD...40 mph wind 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
Macon, Americus, Perry, Fort Valley, Ellaville, Oglethorpe, Roberta,
Preston, Warner Robins, Centerville, Byron, Montezuma, Gordon,
Marshallville, Reynolds, Plains, Ideal, Andersonville, Payne and
Dooling.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Motorists should
slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3192 8478 3290 8384 3295 8373 3288 8330
      3193 8421 3193 8440 3197 8444 3193 8445
TIME...MOT...LOC 1645Z 264DEG 33KT 3285 8384 3199 8467

WIND...40MPH

Local storm report, Dec 28, 12:13 PM EST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1213 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1150 AM     FLOOD            2 WNW MADRAS            33.45N  84.77W
12/28/2018                   COWETA             GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER OVERFLOWING LAKE COWETA ALONG LAKE COWETA TRAIL,
            PER EM REPORTS AND VIDEO.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1800965

DJN

Special weather statement, Dec 28, 12:46 PM EST, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1246 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2018

GAZ092-093-095-104>106-281815-
Macon GA-Schley GA-Crisp GA-Dooly GA-Sumter GA-Houston GA-
1246 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN MACON...SOUTHEASTERN
SCHLEY...NORTHWESTERN CRISP...WESTERN DOOLY...SUMTER AND SOUTHWESTERN
HOUSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM EST...

At 1246 PM EST...a strong thunderstorm was over New Era, or near
Americus...moving northeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...40 mph wind 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
Americus, Vienna, Oglethorpe, Montezuma, Byromville, Leslie,
Andersonville, Lilly, De Soto, Dooling, Desoto, Cobb, Sumter, Lamar,
Croxton Crossroads, New Era, La Crosse, Huntington, Pennington and
Drayton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Motorists should
slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3211 8437 3239 8398 3233 8380 3205 8378
      3191 8407 3192 8408 3192 8434 3188 8434
TIME...MOT...LOC 1746Z 233DEG 49KT 3213 8416

WIND...40MPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 27, 11:03 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	42 min
Dec 28, 12:35 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette, Henry, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding	40 min
Dec 28, 2:27 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb	24 hr
Dec 28, 4:53 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	24 hr
Dec 28, 4:53 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	24 hr
Dec 28, 5:34 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb	24 hr
Dec 28, 6:58 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	24 hr
Dec 28, 7:23 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Fulton	24 hr
Dec 28, 7:30 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Whitfield	3 days
Dec 28, 7:38 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Fulton, Gwinnett	6 hr
Dec 28, 7:38 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	24 hr
Dec 28, 7:54 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	24 hr
Dec 28, 8:07 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Fulton	2 hr
Dec 28, 8:15 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dawson, Forsyth	9 hr
Dec 28, 8:21 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb	6 hr
Dec 28, 8:28 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	32 min
Dec 28, 8:34 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	24 hr
Dec 28, 8:37 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White	6 hr
Dec 28, 8:42 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	24 hr
Dec 28, 9:00 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Catoosa	19 hr
Dec 28, 9:08 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	24 hr
Dec 28, 9:14 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and 1 more	6 hr
Dec 28, 9:16 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Troup	44 min
Dec 28, 9:21 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Heard and 2 more	6 hr
Dec 28, 9:21 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Coweta	24 hr
Dec 28, 9:22 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Fulton	11 hr
Dec 28, 9:26 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	23 hr
Dec 28, 9:26 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, Douglas	46 hr
Dec 28, 9:30 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	24 hr
Dec 28, 9:36 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	24 hr
Dec 28, 9:47 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	20 hr
Dec 28, 10:11 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Hall, White	6 hr
Dec 28, 10:12 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	21 days
Dec 28, 10:12 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	22 hr
Dec 28, 10:12 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard	50 hr
Dec 28, 10:12 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Spalding	40 hr
Dec 28, 10:12 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett, Walton	11 hr
Dec 28, 10:12 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale	35 hr
Dec 28, 10:12 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Newton, Rockdale	47 hr
Dec 28, 10:12 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Barrow, Jackson	37 hr
Dec 28, 10:14 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Muscogee, Talbot	31 min
Dec 28, 10:34 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	5 hr
Dec 28, 10:39 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb	3 hr
Dec 28, 10:47 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Morgan, Putnam	43 min
Dec 28, 10:59 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion, Stewart, Taylor	46 min
Dec 28, 11:02 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Fulton	9 hr
Dec 28, 11:17 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	39 hr
Dec 28, 11:18 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall, Jackson	6 hr
Dec 28, 11:33 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jones, Oglethorpe, Putnam and 2 more	42 min
Dec 28, 11:34 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Fayette, Fulton	21 days
Dec 28, 11:44 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Troup	21 days
Dec 28, 11:45 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Macon, Peach, Schley, Sumter and 1 more	45 min
Dec 28, 11:55 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	15 hr
Dec 28, 12:00 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cherokee	22 hr
Dec 28, 12:03 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Murray	5 hr
Dec 28, 2:11 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Fulton	34 hr
Dec 28, 2:11 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Spalding	28 hr
Dec 28, 3:08 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Fulton	21 days
Dec 28, 3:59 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gordon, Murray, Whitfield	3 days
Dec 28, 3:59 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cherokee	11 hr
Dec 28, 5:36 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Douglas	21 days
Dec 28, 6:14 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Douglas, Fulton	22 hr
Dec 28, 6:14 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Heard	20 hr
Dec 28, 6:14 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	43 hr
Dec 28, 6:19 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb	10 hr
Dec 28, 6:26 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Fayette	26 hr

Nearby

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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.