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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 8, 2019Dade County, Walker County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 8, 2019, 7:29 PM EST for Dade County, Walker County, 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, 7:29 PM EST (00:29 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 2019, 8:15 PM EST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

Counties Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 00:00Z on 2019-03-09Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2019-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 205 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2223 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, 7:00 PM EST, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 7:00 PM EST, 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 2:23 PM EST, 5 hours 6 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 55 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 8, 6:13 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 8, 6:31 PM EST, 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 8, 6:44 PM EST, 45 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
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 7:29 PM EST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
729 PM EST FRI MAR 8 2019

GAZ001>004-090115-
Whitfield GA-Catoosa GA-Walker GA-Dade GA-
729 PM EST FRI MAR 8 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN WHITFIELD...
SOUTHWESTERN CATOOSA...WALKER AND SOUTHWESTERN DADE COUNTIES UNTIL
815 PM EST...

At 727 PM EST...strong thunderstorms were west of Rising Fawn,
moving east at 45 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
Dalton, Lafayette, Trenton, Chickamauga, Naomi, Rising Fawn, Noble,
Suttles Mill, Wood Station, Blue Spring, Mill Creek, Linwood,
Beaumont, Villanow, Cloudland Canyon State Park, Cooper Heights and
Rock Spring.

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 3488 8517 3474 8498 3461 8512 3467 8554
      3487 8559
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 272DEG 37KT 3482 8577 3474 8560

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 7:31 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow29 min
Mar 8, 7:52 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Jackson, Madison23 min
Mar 8, 8:02 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade28 min
Mar 8, 8:13 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield47 min
Mar 8, 8:38 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb37 min
Mar 8, 8:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer, Murray, Whitfield35 min
Mar 8, 10:02 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton28 min
Mar 8, 11:06 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade39 hr
Mar 9, 1:07 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhitfield68 hr
Mar 9, 9:01 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCatoosa33 hr
Mar 9, 10:27 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCatoosa11 hr
Mar 9, 5:22 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade38 min
Mar 9, 6:24 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker51 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.