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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 4, 2019, 1:45 PM EDT for Towns County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
- May 4, 2019, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2019, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Towns County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 872 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 968 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 May 4, 10:48 AM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 10:48 AM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1048 AM EDT Sat May 4 2019 .UPDATE... A line of strong thunderstorms has entered into the northwest corner of the forecast area and are slowly pushing to the northeast, producing heavy rain and frequent lightning. Elsewhere, precipitation has been slow to move into the area and hi-res solutions have backed off on precipitation through the morning. As a result, have increased PoPs across far northern Georgia and reduced PoPs across the remainder of the area through the early afternoon. Otherwise, only minor changes have been made to temperatures, dewpoints, and winds based on the latest trends. King && .PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 740 AM EDT Sat May 4 2019/ SHORT TERM /Today through Sunday/... Broad, somewhat shallow, upper trough works its way across the region today through Sunday. Still seeing sufficient instability, dynamics and mid-level winds for increased chances for a few strong to severe thunderstorms today into this evening. Best chances today remain across the north where better dynamics and a weak frontal boundary will help to enhance lift. Primary threat remains strong, damaging winds and some marginal hail. For Sunday, focus shifts into central Georgia, however diminishing instability and forcing minimizes the risk for stronger thunderstorms. 20 LONG TERM /Sunday Night through Friday/... The long term begins with an exiting system and drier air spreading over the CWA. Models are in very good agreement with this. We will see one good day of drying before moisture starts returning ahead of the next in a series of short waves approaches on Tuesday. Models differ somewhat on timing and strength of these short waves for the latter half of the long term, however the result will be increasing chance of showers and thunderstorms each day. 17 AVIATION... 12Z Update... VFR conditions are expected to predominate across the forecast area through the first half of this forecast period, outside of areas of convection. Will see some local to scattered areas of MVFR or lower visibilities through 14Z, however only brief impacts at any TAF sites. MVFR ceilings are expected to develop across the far north after 00Z and spread south through the remainder of the overnight period into Sunday morning. Isolated showers/thunderstorms remain possible through 14Z, becoming more widespread in coverage after. Light west to southwest winds will increase to 5-10kt by 16-18Z. //ATL Confidence...12Z Update... Medium. 20 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 81 64 81 60 / 60 70 40 10 Atlanta 80 65 79 61 / 70 70 40 10 Blairsville 75 59 75 53 / 70 70 40 5 Cartersville 79 63 78 56 / 70 70 40 10 Columbus 82 66 82 64 / 60 70 30 10 Gainesville 78 63 78 60 / 70 70 40 5 Macon 83 65 81 61 / 50 60 50 20 Rome 79 62 78 57 / 70 70 40 5 Peachtree City 81 63 80 57 / 70 70 40 10 Vidalia 85 69 84 67 / 40 60 60 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...King LONG TERM....17 AVIATION...20
Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 10:42 AM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1042 AM EDT Sat May 4 2019 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-051445- 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- 1042 AM EDT Sat May 4 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... A few severe storms are possible across north and central Georgia this afternoon and tonight. A strong storm system will move across Georgia today and tonight. This will bring scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms to north and central Georgia. A few storms could be severe just about anywhere across north and central Georgia, although the main focus will be north of a line from Preston to Macon to Louisville. The best time for severe storm development will be from around noon today until midnight tonight. The main hazards from the severe storms will be damaging winds and hail up to 1 inch in diameter. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday... There remains a chance of thunderstorms Sunday as the Saturday storm system exits. Although a few storms could be strong with gusty winds, severe storms are not expected on Sunday. There is a chance of thunderstorms across parts of central Georgia and also the northeast mountains Tuesday afternoon...and then for all of north and central Georgia Wednesday through Friday. A few storms could be strong with gusty winds. .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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Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 4, 9:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker | 51 min |
| May 4, 10:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 32 min |
| May 4, 11:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 36 min |
| May 4, 11:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 24 min |
| May 4, 12:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 36 min |
| May 4, 12:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 45 min |
| May 4, 12:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 24 min |
| May 4, 12:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 33 min |
| May 4, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 31 min |
| May 4, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 30 min |
| May 4, 12:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 36 min |
| May 4, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Pickens | 23 min |
| May 4, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Union, White | 48 min |
| May 4, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 30 min |
| May 4, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 25 min |
| May 4, 1:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 34 min |
| May 4, 1:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 33 min |
| May 4, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 29 min |
| May 4, 1:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 13 min |
| May 4, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 35 min |
| May 4, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall, Lumpkin, White | 31 min |
| May 4, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 25 min |
| May 4, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 11 min |
| May 4, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 21 min |
| May 4, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 10 min |
| May 4, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 15 min |
| May 4, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 12 min |
| May 4, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 17 min |
| May 4, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 10 min |
| May 4, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 30 min |
| May 4, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 34 min |
| May 4, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 35 min |
| May 4, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 18 min |
| May 4, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 13 min |
| May 4, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 29 min |
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