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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 4, 2019Paulding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2019, 6:03 AM EDT for Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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 4, 2019, 6:03 AM EDT (10:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2019, 6:30 AM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
40

County Paulding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 00:00Z on 2019-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1037 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2019-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
1037 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1240 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

159 
WWUS82 KFFC 041003
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
603 AM EDT Sun Aug 4 2019
 
GAZ031-032-042-043-041030-
Douglas GA-Cobb GA-Carroll GA-Paulding GA-
603 AM EDT Sun Aug 4 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS...WESTERN
COBB...NORTHEASTERN CARROLL AND SOUTHERN PAULDING COUNTIES UNTIL 630
AM EDT...

At 603 AM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over New Georgia, or near
Douglasville...moving north at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...frequent cloud to ground lightning 
           and heavy rain.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of 
           light...unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary 
           street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Douglasville, Dallas, Villa Rica, Powder Springs, Hiram, Winston,
Lake Val-Do-Mar, Brownsville and New Georgia.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3396 8489 3389 8468 3371 8473 3368 8496
      3383 8504 3386 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 1003Z 194DEG 6KT 3378 8486 

WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 8:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale37 min
Aug 4, 9:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Clarke, Forsyth, Hall, Jackson, Madison and 3 more57 min
Aug 4, 10:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Clarke, Hall, Jackson, Madison, Oconee and 1 more60 min
Aug 4, 11:02 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningFFCClarke, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton4 hr
Aug 4, 11:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Jackson, Madison63 min
Aug 4, 12:07 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningFFCBanks, Barrow, Hall, Jackson, Madison4 hr
Aug 4, 12:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall, White66 min
Aug 4, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCandler17 min
Aug 4, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly31 min
Aug 4, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs36 min
Aug 4, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson, Washington37 min
Aug 4, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson29 min
Aug 4, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson24 min
Aug 4, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens32 min
Aug 4, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair30 min
Aug 4, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer26 min
Aug 4, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel29 min
Aug 4, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs23 min
Aug 4, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs40 min
Aug 4, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro, Warren33 min
Aug 4, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield32 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.