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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 9, 2019, 12:02 PM EDT for Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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
- Apr 9, 2019, 12:02 PM EDT (16:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2019, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 473 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 9, 11:29 AM EDT, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 11:29 AM EDT, 33 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1110 AM EDT Tue Apr 9 2019 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-101000- 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- 1110 AM EDT Tue Apr 9 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... Isolated severe storms possible today, mainly across central and parts of northeast Georgia. A strong storm system centered over Mississippi will move eastward across Georgia today. This will destabilize the atmosphere across north and central Georgia. The result will be scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms, a few of which could be severe. The main hazards will be damaging winds and large hail. The potential for severe thunderstorm development should taper off by 6 pm. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday... Another strong storm system will move over Georgia late this week and into the weekend. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms will develop Thursday night into Saturday. A strong cold front will move across the region Sunday, destabilizing the atmosphere further. This will result in a few storms becoming strong to severe, mainly Sunday afternoon and evening. .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.
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Special weather statement, Apr 9, 10:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 6:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 16 hr |
| Apr 9, 9:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Newton | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 9:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Monroe, Newton | 30 min |
| Apr 9, 10:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Newton | 30 min |
| Apr 9, 10:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 25 min |
| Apr 9, 11:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Jackson, Walton | 39 min |
| Apr 9, 11:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 38 min |
| Apr 9, 12:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 12:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 26 min |
| Apr 9, 12:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 52 min |
| Apr 9, 12:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Polk | 6 hr |
| Apr 9, 12:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 1:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 38 min |
| Apr 9, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin, White | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 30 min |
| Apr 9, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 2:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 6 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 39 min |
| Apr 9, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 23 min |
| Apr 9, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 24 min |
| Apr 9, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 38 min |
| Apr 9, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 30 min |
| Apr 9, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 39 min |
| Apr 9, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 23 min |
| Apr 9, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Peach | 42 min |
| Apr 9, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 39 min |
| Apr 9, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 29 min |
| Apr 9, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 26 min |
| Apr 9, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Twiggs | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 25 min |
| Apr 9, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 37 min |
| Apr 9, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 24 min |
| Apr 9, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 43 min |
| Apr 9, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 27 min |
| Apr 9, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 24 min |
| Apr 9, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 38 min |
| Apr 9, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 27 min |
| Apr 9, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 25 min |
| Apr 9, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 35 min |
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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.