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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jan 23, 2019, 8:34 PM EST for Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Stewart County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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 23, 2019, 8:34 PM EST (01:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2019, 9:15 PM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 50
Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Stewart County, GA
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -327 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</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 23, 7:20 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 7:20 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 720 PM EST Wed Jan 23 2019 .UPDATE... 00z Aviation update below. Baker && .PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 301 PM EST Wed Jan 23 2019/ SHORT TERM /Tonight through Thursday Night/... High pressure over the area is weakening as frontal system moves in across the region. looks like the front has moves into western AL and making its way east. It should push into NW GA by 21-23z this evening and continue moving east through tonight. Expecting showers to increase from west to east over the next few hours and continue across the state over night. By 12z Thursday...the frontal boundary should be just east of our CWA with only a few lingering showers remaining over eastern GA. With this rain moving through tonight there will be an increased chance of flooding mainly across N GA where the larger amounts are expected. Could see 1 to 3 inches of accumulations for areas North of a Rome to Canton to Cleveland line. Have issued a flood watch for those areas through 12z Thu morning. Gusty winds are also an issue with this system and have been seeing winds gusting into the 30-35kt rage across the area. These wind speeds are expected to stay elevated through tonight. With the increased rain on top of the already saturated soils...could see a tree or two fall tonight. We have a wind advisory going and are extending it to include more of central GA and taking it through 06z Thu. Once this system exits the area tomorrow morning will see clearing skies and cooler temps as a cooler airmass moves in. High temps Thu will stay mainly in the 40s and 50s with lows Thu night in the 20s and 30s. 01 && .LONG TERM /Friday through Wednesday/... High pressure and fair weather will be the rule for much of the long term forecast period. However, a sharp cold front and colder temperatures are expected by the end of the week. This system will bring some potential for wintry weather across a good portion of the CWFA. Dry conditions and near to slightly below normal temperatures are expected through the first half of the weekend. Both the ECMWF and GFS are progging a shortwave and weak frontal boundary to impact far northern GA by late Sunday into early Monday. Neither model is producing much precip with this system, but the ECMWF is slightly wetter and further south with the shortwave energy. The next system is expected to impact the CWFA Tuesday in the form of a sharp cold front. Much colder air is anticipated on the back side of this boundary, and there is some potential for wintry weather before all of the low level moisture clears out. Kept the p- type as ra/sn as it it way to early to nail down specifics. For now, the chances for precip remain low, but will have to continue monitoring. NListemaa && .AVIATION... 00Z Update... Expecting primarily MVFR to high end IFR cigs filling in here soon with main area of precip along frontal system pushing in from the west. Vsbys could also be in the IFR/MVFR range as well before the majority of rain (possibly isolated TS south) pushes east of the sites by 06-08z with some lingering VCSH. MVFR cigs lingering until about 15z Thursday then quickly scattering out to be mostly clear after 18z. Winds initially near south 15 kts gusting 25 kts with some LLWS then swinging west to NW overnight and some gusts continuing Thursday near 20 kts. //ATL Confidence...00Z Update... Medium on cigs/vsbys overnight. High on all else. Baker && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 43 49 30 47 / 100 20 5 0 Atlanta 38 45 30 43 / 100 10 5 5 Blairsville 33 40 25 37 / 100 20 5 0 Cartersville 36 44 28 40 / 100 10 5 0 Columbus 42 50 33 50 / 100 10 0 0 Gainesville 39 44 29 43 / 100 20 5 0 Macon 47 53 32 51 / 100 20 0 0 Rome 35 44 28 40 / 100 10 5 0 Peachtree City 39 47 30 45 / 100 10 5 0 Vidalia 55 60 36 54 / 100 40 0 0 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory until 1 AM EST Thursday for the following zones: Baldwin...Banks...Barrow...Bartow...Bibb...Bleckley...Butts... Carroll...Catoosa...Chattahoochee...Chattooga...Cherokee... Clarke...Clayton...Cobb...Coweta...Crawford...Crisp...Dade... Dawson...DeKalb...Dodge...Dooly...Douglas...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...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...Towns...Troup...Twiggs...Union...Upson... Walker...Walton...Warren...Washington...Webster...White... Whitfield...Wilcox...Wilkes...Wilkinson. Flash Flood Watch until 7 AM EST Thursday for the following zones: Bartow...Catoosa...Chattooga...Cherokee...Dade...Dawson... Fannin...Floyd...Gilmer...Gordon...Lumpkin...Murray...Pickens... Towns...Union...Walker...White...Whitfield. && SHORT TERM...01 LONG TERM....NListemaa AVIATION...Baker
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 23, 9:35 AM EST, 10 hours 59 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 935 AM EST Wed Jan 23 2019 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-241445- 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- 935 AM EST Wed Jan 23 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... Increased gusty winds across the area today into this evening. will see winds gusting to 35mph especially across North and Western portions of the state. A line of showers with isolated thunderstorms is expected to move through the area late this afternoon into the overnight. No severe weather is expected at this time but up to two inches of rain could fall in North Georgia where soils are already saturated and runoff could cause rivers and creeks in the area to rise and spill out of their banks. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 23, 7:19 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
719 PM EST WED JAN 23 2019
GAZ011-012-019-020-030-240145-
Chattooga GA-Polk GA-Gordon GA-Bartow GA-Floyd GA-
719 PM EST WED JAN 23 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHATTOOGA...WESTERN POLK...
GORDON...NORTHWESTERN BARTOW AND FLOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EST...
At 718 PM EST...a line of heavy showers was along a line extending
from Resaca to Forney...and moving northeast at 30 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
Rome, Calhoun, Cedartown, Adairsville, Cave Spring, Kingston, Resaca,
Plainville, Shannon, Fairmount, Ranger, Pinson, Esom Hill, Redbud,
Folsom, Lake Marvin, Coosa, Oakman, Holland and Sonoraville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3459 8511 3459 8506 3462 8505 3462 8493
3463 8491 3462 8491 3461 8486 3462 8476
3454 8465 3446 8465 3390 8535 3390 8538
3434 8547
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 228DEG 51KT 3455 8494 3410 8546Special weather statement, Jan 23, 7:23 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
723 PM EST WED JAN 23 2019
GAZ020-021-031>033-042>044-052-053-066-240130-
North Fulton GA-Douglas GA-Cobb GA-Coweta GA-Cherokee GA-Bartow GA-
Carroll GA-Troup GA-Heard GA-Paulding GA-South Fulton GA-
723 PM EST WED JAN 23 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH FULTON...DOUGLAS...COBB...
WESTERN COWETA...SOUTHERN CHEROKEE...SOUTHEASTERN BARTOW...EASTERN
CARROLL...NORTHERN TROUP...HEARD...EASTERN PAULDING AND WESTERN SOUTH
FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM EST...
At 723 PM EST...a line of heavy showers was along a line extending
from near Acworth to near Buffalo...and moving northeast at 25 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
Marietta, Newnan, Douglasville, LaGrange, Carrollton, Canton, Dallas,
Franklin, Roswell, Smyrna, Kennesaw, Woodstock, Acworth, Villa Rica,
Powder Springs, Holly Springs, Austell, Palmetto, Hiram and
Hogansville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3427 8464 3424 8426 3301 8502 3319 8525
3332 8527
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 244DEG 22KT 3406 8472 3292 8544Special weather statement, Jan 23, 8:34 PM EST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
834 PM EST WED JAN 23 2019
GAZ089>091-102-240215-
Chattahoochee GA-Stewart GA-Marion GA-Muscogee GA-
834 PM EST WED JAN 23 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHATTAHOOCHEE...STEWART...WESTERN
MARION AND MUSCOGEE COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM EST...
At 833 PM EST...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from Ladonia to near Lakepoint Resort State Park...and
moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 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
Columbus, Lumpkin, Cusseta, Richland, North Fort Benning, Bibb City,
Upatoi, Fort Benning/lawson Army Air Fld, Laurel Hills, Green Island
Hills, Westville, Vista Terrace, Columbus Metropolitan Airport,
Jamestown/south Fort Benning, Brooklyn, Renfroe, Rose Hill, Manta,
Troutman and Omaha.
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 8491 3195 8496 3198 8496 3199 8507
3209 8504 3213 8506 3220 8496 3222 8498
3222 8493 3225 8492 3226 8489 3233 8501
3243 8496 3245 8500 3252 8500 3256 8504
3256 8467 3252 8469 3253 8464 3192 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 265DEG 37KT 3247 8512 3195 8512
WIND...50MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 7:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 86 min |
| Jan 23, 7:23 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Heard, Paulding and 1 more | 67 min |
| Jan 23, 8:29 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 26 hr |
| Jan 23, 9:04 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 20 hr |
| Jan 23, 9:23 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley, Taylor, Webster | 37 min |
| Jan 23, 10:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Macon | 52 min |
| Jan 23, 10:23 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 21 days |
| Jan 23, 10:26 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 2 hr |
| Jan 23, 10:28 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 5 hr |
| Jan 23, 10:48 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 21 days |
| Jan 23, 11:15 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 40 hr |
| Jan 24, 12:24 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 9 hr |
| Jan 24, 1:01 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 4 days |
| Jan 24, 2:07 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 10 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 21 days |
| Jan 24, 6:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 46 hr |
| Jan 24, 6:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 18 hr |
| Jan 24, 6:55 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 10:58 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 10 hr |
| Jan 24, 12:35 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 4 hr |
| Jan 24, 12:57 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dooly | 20 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:06 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 24 hr |
| Jan 24, 5:06 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Newton | 11 hr |
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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.