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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 29, 2019Forsyth County, Georgia

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2019-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 74 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2019-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker28 min
Jul 29, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson27 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.