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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 30, 2019Chattooga County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2019, 1:29 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 30, 2019, 1:29 PM EDT (17:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2019, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Chattooga County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 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, 5.5 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.

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: 121 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -8 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 30, 10:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 10:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 12:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1201 PM EDT Tue Jul 30 2019

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-311615-
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-
1201 PM EDT Tue Jul 30 2019

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight...

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected across north
Georgia this afternoon and evening. An isolated storm may become
strong to severe with gusty winds...heavy rain...and frequent
lightning.

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

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected each day. The
chance for widespread severe weather is low...but isolated storms
could become strong to severe with gusty winds...heavy
rain...and frequent cloud to ground lightning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 30, 11:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1140 AM EDT TUE JUL 30 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0410 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NW ALPHARETTA         34.09N  84.32W
07/29/2019                   FULTON             GA   PUBLIC

            3 TREES DOWN WITH UP TO 0.5 INCH HAIL. WINDS ESTIMATED
            AROUND 50 MPH. ABOUT 1.25-1.49 INCHES RAIN IN 30
            MINUTES.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1900588

BAKER

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 1:29 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
129 PM EDT Tue Jul 30 2019

GAZ002-011-301800-
Chattooga GA-Walker GA-
129 PM EDT Tue Jul 30 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CHATTOOGA AND
SOUTHWESTERN WALKER COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT...

At 129 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Cloudland, or 9 miles
northwest of Summerville...moving northeast at 20 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
Trion, Menlo, Center Post and Cloudland.

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 3470 8530 3454 8522 3446 8550 3461 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 227DEG 15KT 3455 8550

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 30, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	32 min
Jul 30, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	33 min
Jul 30, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	27 min
Jul 30, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield	50 min
Jul 30, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Union	45 min
Jul 30, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	32 min
Jul 30, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	30 min
Jul 30, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	26 min
Jul 30, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson, Paulding, Polk	46 min
Jul 30, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer	39 min
Jul 30, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	25 min
Jul 30, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	29 min
Jul 30, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	26 min
Jul 30, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Douglas, Fulton	34 min
Jul 30, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	26 min
Jul 30, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	29 min
Jul 30, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	26 min
Jul 30, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett	43 min
Jul 30, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	43 min
Jul 30, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	39 min
Jul 30, 7:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	49 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.