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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2019, 7:13 PM EDT for Gwinnett 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
- Aug 3, 2019, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2019, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Gwinnett County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
668
WWUS82 KFFC 032313
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
713 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2019
GAZ034-047-032345-
Walton GA-Gwinnett GA-
713 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN WALTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN GWINNETT COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...
At 712 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Windsor, or 7 miles
southeast of Lawrenceville...moving west at 10 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
Lawrenceville, Snellville, Loganville, Dacula, Grayson, Between, Bold
Springs, Windsor, Harbin and Rosebud.
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 3397 8383 3396 8382 3382 8377 3376 8393
3379 8398 3375 8402 3378 8407 3398 8413
3399 8384
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 076DEG 10KT 3389 8389
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 23 min |
| Aug 3, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 23 min |
| Aug 3, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 23 min |
| Aug 3, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 32 min |
Nearby
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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.