Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2019

Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 19, 2019Stewart County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jan 19, 2019, 6:05 PM EST for Stewart County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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
Jan 19, 2019, 6:05 PM EST (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Jan 19, 2019, 6:30 PM EST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
50

County Stewart County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2019-01-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2019-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</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 Jan 19, 4:21 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 4:21 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 19, 12:28 PM EST, 5 hours 37 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1228 PM EST Sat Jan 19 2019

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-201730-
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-
1228 PM EST Sat Jan 19 2019

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight...

...Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across
much of north and central Georgia this afternoon and evening...

A strong storm system is expected to move across the area later
today. Winds ahead of the system could gust as high as 30 mph
this afternoon. It also has the potential to bring some heavy rain
to parts of the area late this afternoon into tonight, as well as
scattered thunderstorms in north and central Georgia on this
afternoon into evening. The risk for severe storms has increased,
especially along and west of an Atlanta to Macon line. In addition
to strong damaging winds, isolated tornadoes are possible with
these storms.

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

Light snow showers are possible in parts of far north Georgia on
Sunday morning as cold air is ushered in behind the system. Little
to no accumulation is expected. Even a few flurries could be seen
as far south as the Atlanta metro area, but should not have an
impact. Conditions will be windy Sunday with gusts up to 30 mph
out of the northwest, making it feel even colder.

Monday morning could have wind chill values in the single digits
for the northern mountains, which could warrant an advisory in
future updates over the weekend.

.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, Jan 19, 6:05 PM EST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
605 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2019

GAZ102-192330-
Stewart GA-
605 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STEWART COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM
EST...

At 604 PM EST...National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm near Georgetown...moving northeast at 55 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
Lumpkin, Richland, Charles, Sanford, Westville, Brooklyn, Louvale and
Providence Canyon State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.

LAT...LON 3195 8496 3198 8496 3198 8502 3197 8504
      3199 8504 3199 8507 3203 8505 3223 8487
      3219 8468 3207 8467 3194 8493
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 226DEG 47KT 3193 8505

WIND...50MPH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 12:30 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll and 62 more11 hr
Jan 19, 3:26 PM ESTWind AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more27 hr
Jan 19, 5:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee37 min
Jan 19, 6:33 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot, Upson27 min
Jan 19, 6:50 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Marion, Taylor, Upson25 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2019Every special weather statement in 2019

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.