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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 22, 2019Jefferson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 22, 2019, 4:10 AM EDT for Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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 22, 2019, 4:10 AM EDT (08:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2019, 5:00 AM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Jefferson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:14 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2575 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1446 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.7

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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 Jun 22, 3:45 AM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 3:45 AM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 3:52 AM EDT, 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:21 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
221 AM EDT Sat Jun 22 2019

GAZ042-045-046-048-052>059-066>068-070-071-220700-
Butts GA-Fayette GA-Rockdale GA-Monroe GA-Coweta GA-Carroll GA-
Troup GA-Heard GA-Jasper GA-Meriwether GA-Newton GA-Pike GA-Henry GA-
Lamar GA-Clayton GA-DeKalb GA-Spalding GA-
221 AM EDT Sat Jun 22 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BUTTS...FAYETTE...ROCKDALE...
NORTHWESTERN MONROE...COWETA...SOUTHERN CARROLL...TROUP...HEARD...
JASPER...MERIWETHER...NEWTON...PIKE...HENRY...LAMAR...CLAYTON...
SOUTHEASTERN DEKALB AND SPALDING COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM EDT...

At 219 AM EDT...National Weather Service doppler radar indicated
strong winds ahead of a line of thunderstorms extending from near
Conyers to Fayetteville and Ephesus, moving southeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...35 to 45 mph wind preceding rain or lightning.

  IMPACT...Strong winds will occur before any rain or lightning. Do
           not wait for the sound of thunder before taking cover.
           Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
           light, unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of these storms include
Newnan, LaGrange, Griffin, McDonough, Fayetteville, Conyers,
Covington, Barnesville, Jackson, Jonesboro, Monticello, Zebulon,
Franklin, Greenville, Peachtree City, Stockbridge, Riverdale,
Hampton, Tyrone and Morrow.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.

LAT...LON 3350 8461 3363 8419 3375 8402 3343 8353
      3322 8371 3304 8403 3300 8439 3299 8521
      3345 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 0619Z 316DEG 36KT 3341 8527 3344 8490 3350 8449 3359
8416 3371 8402

WIND...50MPH

Local storm report, Jun 22, 2:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:44 AM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:10 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 11:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Murray, Walker and 1 more	56 min
Jun 21, 11:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker and 1 more	48 min
Jun 22, 12:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Towns, Union	57 min
Jun 22, 12:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Floyd, Gordon, Pickens, Polk	43 min
Jun 22, 12:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Gordon, Lumpkin and 1 more	41 min
Jun 22, 12:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White	51 min
Jun 22, 12:58 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Lumpkin, Union, White	17 min
Jun 22, 1:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall	43 min
Jun 22, 1:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin, White	39 min
Jun 22, 1:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson, Paulding	33 min
Jun 22, 1:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Jackson, Madison, Walton	31 min
Jun 22, 1:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Heard, Rockdale	44 min
Jun 22, 2:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	24 min
Jun 22, 2:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Morgan and 4 more	44 min
Jun 22, 2:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Henry and 8 more	39 min
Jun 22, 2:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Morgan, Taliaferro, Warren and 1 more	50 min
Jun 22, 2:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Butts, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Henry and 11 more	47 min
Jun 22, 3:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Butts, Glascock, Hancock, Jasper, Jones and 9 more	61 min
Jun 22, 4:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	40 min
Jun 22, 4:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	39 min
Jun 22, 4:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon, Marion, Schley	47 min
Jun 22, 5:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	25 min
Jun 22, 5:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	49 min
Jun 22, 5:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson	38 min
Jun 22, 5:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon, Marion, Schley, Taylor	46 min
Jun 22, 5:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	48 min
Jun 22, 5:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	33 min
Jun 22, 6:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Crawford, Houston, Macon, Peach, Taylor and 1 more	44 min
Jun 22, 6:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	42 min
Jun 22, 6:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	22 min
Jun 22, 7:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Wilcox	29 min
Jun 22, 12:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	26 min
Jun 22, 1:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	27 min
Jun 22, 1:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	37 min
Jun 22, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	26 min
Jun 22, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	29 min
Jun 22, 1:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	37 min
Jun 22, 1:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Treutlen	48 min
Jun 22, 1:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Wilkinson	31 min
Jun 22, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	31 min
Jun 22, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson	41 min
Jun 22, 2:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson	51 min
Jun 22, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	23 min
Jun 22, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	15 min
Jun 22, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson, Treutlen	40 min
Jun 22, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Twiggs	29 min
Jun 22, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pickens	26 min
Jun 22, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson	50 min
Jun 22, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson	40 min
Jun 22, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Macon, Peach, Taylor	51 min
Jun 22, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	33 min
Jun 22, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Twiggs	47 min
Jun 22, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	29 min
Jun 22, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Douglas, Fulton	44 min
Jun 22, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	25 min
Jun 22, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	16 min
Jun 22, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	28 min
Jun 22, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Twiggs	41 min
Jun 22, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson, Warren	32 min
Jun 22, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton	24 min
Jun 22, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Montgomery, Wheeler	55 min
Jun 22, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Taliaferro, Wilkes	40 min
Jun 22, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Wheeler	38 min
Jun 22, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oconee, Oglethorpe	35 min
Jun 22, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Newton	32 min
Jun 22, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Twiggs	29 min
Jun 22, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	24 min
Jun 22, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Putnam	39 min
Jun 22, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs	32 min
Jun 22, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	37 min
Jun 22, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley	33 min
Jun 22, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren	42 min
Jun 22, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Jones, Twiggs	52 min
Jun 22, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren and 1 more	49 min
Jun 22, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski	14 min
Jun 22, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Morgan	30 min
Jun 22, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	29 min
Jun 22, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington and 1 more	35 min
Jun 22, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson	22 min
Jun 22, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard, Troup	53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.