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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 9, 2019Lamar County, Spalding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2019, 3:05 PM EDT for Lamar County, Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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: Jul 9, 2019, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2019, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

Counties Lamar County, GA, Spalding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 234 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: 971 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1215 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jul 9, 1:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 1:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 4:15 AM EDT, 10 hours 50 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
415 AM EDT Tue Jul 9 2019

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-100815-
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-
415 AM EDT Tue Jul 9 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight...

Scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms can be expected.
While the threat for severe thunderstorms remains low, any strong
thunderstorm will be capable of producing heavy rainfall, brief
gusty winds, and frequent cloud to ground lightning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday...

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected each day with
the highest thunderstorm coverage in the afternoon and evening
hours. Strong to isolated severe storms will be possible, with gusty
winds, heavy rainfall, and cloud to ground lightning the primary
threats. The heavy rain could lead to localized flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated through tonight, but spotters
are encouraged to report any significant rainfall, wind or
damage.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 3:05 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
305 PM EDT Tue Jul 9 2019

GAZ056>058-068-070-091930-
Butts GA-Lamar GA-Spalding GA-Pike GA-Henry GA-
305 PM EDT Tue Jul 9 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN BUTTS...NORTHERN LAMAR...
SPALDING...NORTHEASTERN PIKE AND SOUTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTIES UNTIL
330 PM EDT...

At 305 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over East Griffin, or near
Griffin...moving southwest at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...frequent cloud to ground lightning
           and heavy rain.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
           light...unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
           street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Griffin, Barnesville, Zebulon, Hampton, Milner, Orchard Hill,
Meansville, Sunny Side, East Griffin, Highland Mills, Towalaga,
Experiment, Walker Mill, Birdie, Rover, Luella, Liberty Hill and
Atlanta Motor Speedway.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3335 8435 3338 8435 3340 8419 3327 8411
      3308 8409 3302 8431 3335 8439
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 064DEG 12KT 3323 8418

WIND...40MPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 8:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	28 min
Jul 8, 9:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	26 min
Jul 8, 10:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke	30 min
Jul 8, 11:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Madison	32 min
Jul 9, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	34 min
Jul 9, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	30 min
Jul 9, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	15 min
Jul 9, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock	34 min
Jul 9, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	30 min
Jul 9, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Warren	14 min
Jul 9, 7:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	25 min
Jul 9, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart, Webster	31 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2019 Every special weather statement in 2019

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.