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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2019, 1:56 PM EDT for Cobb County, Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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
- Jun 20, 2019, 1:56 PM EDT (17:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2019, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Cobb County, GA, Paulding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 465 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1113 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 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 Jun 20, 7:26 AM EDT, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 7:26 AM EDT, 6 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1130 AM EDT Thu Jun 20 2019 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-211530- Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow- Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Banks-Jackson-Madison-Polk-Paulding-Cobb- North Fulton-Gwinnett-Barrow-Clarke-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Wilkes- Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Rockdale-Walton- Newton-Morgan-Greene-Taliaferro-Heard-Coweta-Fayette-Clayton- Spalding-Henry-Butts-Jasper-Putnam-Hancock-Warren-Troup- Meriwether-Pike-Upson-Lamar-Monroe-Jones-Baldwin-Washington- Glascock-Jefferson-Harris-Talbot-Taylor-Crawford-Bibb-Twiggs- Wilkinson-Johnson-Emanuel-Muscogee-Chattahoochee-Marion-Schley- Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens-Treutlen-Stewart-Webster- Sumter-Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-Telfair-Wheeler- Montgomery-Toombs- 1130 AM EDT Thu Jun 20 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... Scattered severe thunderstorms remain possible across the area this afternoon and into tonight. The primary hazards with any severe storms that occur will be damaging winds and large hail. Frequent lightning and heavy rainfall are also possible with stronger storms. The possibility of a brief, isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday... Isolated to scattered thunderstorms can be expected Friday through wednesday, primarily in the afternoon and evening hours. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is possible later today. Spotters are encouraged to submit reports of any severe weather through the web by going to weather.gov/atlanta.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 20, 8:46 AM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 20, 10:50 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1050 AM EDT THU JUN 20 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 NNE LINDALE 34.22N 85.17W
06/20/2019 FLOYD GA EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER LINES DOWN NEAR THE CORNER OF ALFRED AVE SE AND
PECAN ST.
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC1900327
TVLocal storm report, Jun 20, 10:58 AM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1058 AM EDT THU JUN 20 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0611 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 SW CAVE SPRING 34.10N 85.35W
06/20/2019 FLOYD GA EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER LINE DOWN ACROSS HWY 411 NEAR THE COUNTY LINE OF
FLOYD AND POLK SOUTH OF CAVE SPRING.
&&
CORRECTED EVENT TIME
EVENT NUMBER FFC1900322
TVSpecial weather statement, Jun 20, 1:56 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
156 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2019
GAZ031-032-201830-
Cobb GA-Paulding GA-
156 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN COBB AND EASTERN PAULDING
COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT...
At 156 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over New Hope, or near
Dallas...moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...pea sized hail and frequent cloud to
ground lightning.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Marietta, Dallas, Smyrna, Kennesaw, Powder Springs, Austell, Hiram,
Fair Oaks, White Water Park, Lost Mountain Park, Jim R Miller Park,
Due West, Sandy Plains, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, New Hope and
Mableton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
LAT...LON 3387 8495 3394 8490 3399 8483 3402 8447
3381 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 1756Z 271DEG 26KT 3395 8477
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 20 min |
| Jun 20, 5:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 5:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Polk | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 5:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 6:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 6:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Paulding | 24 min |
| Jun 20, 6:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Pickens | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 6:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 6:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin, Pickens | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 7:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 24 min |
| Jun 20, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 26 min |
| Jun 20, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Troup, Upson | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Upson | 22 min |
| Jun 20, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette, Henry | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry | 17 min |
| Jun 20, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 26 min |
| Jun 20, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Upson | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Morgan, Putnam | 46 min |
| Jun 20, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Warren | 5 min |
| Jun 20, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 26 min |
| Jun 20, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 23 min |
| Jun 20, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 46 min |
| Jun 20, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Taliaferro, Warren | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 24 min |
| Jun 20, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 17 min |
| Jun 20, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 23 min |
| Jun 20, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 21 min |
| Jun 20, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Washington | 28 min |
| Jun 20, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Sumter | 35 min |
| Jun 20, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 21 min |
| Jun 20, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Telfair, Wilcox | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen and 1 more | 58 min |
| Jun 20, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 16 min |
| Jun 20, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 33 min |
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