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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 8, 20195 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 8, 2019, 6:44 PM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 46 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: Mar 8, 2019, 6:44 PM EST (23:44 UTC)
Expired: Mar 8, 2019, 7:30 PM EST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

Counties Dawson County, GA, Hall County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Pickens County, GA, White County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 305 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.

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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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 468 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 525 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Mar 8, 2:45 PM EST, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 2:45 PM EST, 3 hours 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 2:23 PM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
223 PM EST Fri Mar 8 2019

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-091930-
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-
223 PM EST Fri Mar 8 2019

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

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

Showers and thunderstorms will continue across the area this
afternoon and through the overnight period, mainly across the
northern tier of the forecast area. Hazards will include gusty
winds, brief heavy downpours, and dangerous cloud to ground
lightning.

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

More widespread showers and thunderstorms will return to the area
late Saturday into Sunday with an approaching frontal system.
There is a marginal risk for severe thunderstorms with this
activity across portions of Central Georgia Sunday afternoon.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 8, 5:34 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 8, 6:13 PM EST, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 8, 6:31 PM EST, 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 8, 6:44 PM EST, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
644 PM EST FRI MAR 8 2019

GAZ006>008-013>016-021>024-090030-
Gilmer GA-Hall GA-Banks GA-Dawson GA-Union GA-Cherokee GA-Forsyth GA-
Pickens GA-White GA-Lumpkin GA-Fannin GA-
644 PM EST FRI MAR 8 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN GILMER...HALL...
NORTHWESTERN BANKS...DAWSON...SOUTHWESTERN UNION...NORTHEASTERN
CHEROKEE...NORTHERN FORSYTH...PICKENS...SOUTHERN WHITE...LUMPKIN AND
SOUTHEASTERN FANNIN COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EST...

At 643 PM EST...strong thunderstorms extended from Chatsworth
to Talking Rock, moving east at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph, pea sized hail, frequent 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
Gainesville, Dahlonega, Jasper, Cleveland, Dawsonville, Oakwood,
Lula, Nelson, Clermont, Suches, Dougherty, Raoul, Amicalola Falls
State Park, Sequoyah Lake, Mossy Creek, Juno, Fausett Lake, Len Foote
Hike Inn, Murrayville and Cartecay.

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 3464 8372 3452 8364 3451 8367 3443 8361
      3445 8360 3444 8359 3422 8382 3440 8458
      3455 8442 3480 8443
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 283DEG 51KT 3473 8469 3463 8452 3451 8448

HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 8, 5:34 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield	41 min
Mar 8, 6:13 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield	47 min
Mar 8, 6:31 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Towns	44 min

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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.