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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 29, 2019, 4:13 PM EDT for Forsyth County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 29, 2019, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2019, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Forsyth County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
347
WWUS82 KFFC 292013
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
413 PM EDT Mon Jul 29 2019
GAZ021>023-033-034-292045-
Hall GA-North Fulton GA-Cherokee GA-Forsyth GA-Gwinnett GA-
413 PM EDT Mon Jul 29 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HALL...NORTH
FULTON...SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE...FORSYTH AND NORTHERN GWINNETT
COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT...
At 412 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Coal Mountain, or near
Cumming...moving east at 15 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
Cumming, Roswell, Alpharetta, Milton, Sugar Hill, Buford, Rest Haven,
Free Home, Drew, Union Hill, Buford Dam-Lake Lanier Parks, Coal
Mountain, Brookwood, Birmingham, Matt, Aqualand Park, Chestatee,
Oscarville, Holbrook and Lathemtown.
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 3413 8393 3402 8438 3424 8440 3434 8405
3434 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 258DEG 14KT 3427 8410
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 28 min |
| Jul 29, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 27 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.