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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 30, 2019Dade County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2019, 8:12 PM EDT for Dade County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2019, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Dade County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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: 931 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1206 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -31 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, 7:55 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 7:55 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 12:01 PM EDT, 8 hours 11 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, 7:20 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
720 PM EDT TUE JUL 30 2019

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

0547 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LITHIA SPRINGS          33.79N  84.66W
07/30/2019                   DOUGLAS            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EM CONFIRMS 2 TREES DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF TEMPLE
            STREET AND N. SWEETWATER RD. IN LITHIA SPRINGS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1900590

LUSK

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 7:21 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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

GAZ053-054-310000-
Fayette GA-Coweta GA-
721 PM EDT Tue Jul 30 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN FAYETTE AND
SOUTHEASTERN COWETA COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

At 721 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Sharpsburg, or near
Newnan. This storm was nearly stationary.

  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
Newnan, Peachtree City, Tyrone, Senoia, Brooks, Sharpsburg, Turin and
Starrs Mill.

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 3323 8472 3332 8477 3348 8458 3327 8446
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 241DEG 4KT 3333 8469

HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPH

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 7:26 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 7:29 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 7:44 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 8:12 PM 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
Jul 31, 1:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	28 min
Jul 31, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	30 min
Jul 31, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts	37 min
Jul 31, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa	27 min
Jul 31, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	36 min
Jul 31, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	35 min
Jul 31, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Floyd	30 min
Jul 31, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	36 min

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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.