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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2019, 2:21 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 24 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2019, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2019, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Clarke County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Arnoldsville, GA | 1-2 TREES DOWN NEAR US78 AND YANCY RD. |
| Jun 20, 2:41 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Arnoldsville, GA | MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN ON ATHENS ROAD, SMOKEY RIDGE ROAD AND WOLFSKIN ROAD. |
| Jun 20, 2:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Arnoldsville, GA | 1-2 TREES DOWN NEAR US78 AND YANCY RD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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.
075
WWUS82 KFFC 201821
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
221 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2019
GAZ027-036>039-201845-
Wilkes GA-Madison GA-Oglethorpe GA-Clarke GA-Oconee GA-
221 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WILKES...SOUTHERN MADISON...
OGLETHORPE...CLARKE AND NORTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM
EDT...
At 220 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Arnoldsville, or near
Athens...moving east at 45 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
Washington, Watkinsville, Lexington, Athens, Comer, Winterville,
Crawford, Colbert, Tignall, Arnoldsville, Carlton, Rayle, Hull,
Whitehall, Athens-Clarke County, Stephens, Delhi, Diamond Hill,
Smithonia and Beechwood Hills.
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 3380 8335 3385 8350 3398 8340 3410 8333
3409 8302 3405 8299 3403 8293 3401 8294
3401 8291 3398 8286 3399 8284 3397 8278
3399 8272 3399 8265 3386 8261 3387 8258
3387 8257 3383 8260 3371 8253
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 272DEG 39KT 3390 8328
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 34 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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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.