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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 4, 2019Candler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2019, 2:13 PM EDT for Candler County, Georgia. It was in force for 17 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, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2019, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Candler County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 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

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 216 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2019-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 561 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2019-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
561 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
816 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

668 
WWUS82 KFFC 041813
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
213 PM EDT Sun Aug 4 2019
 
GAZ086-041830-
Emanuel GA-
213 PM EDT Sun Aug 4 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN EMANUEL COUNTY UNTIL 230
PM EDT...

At 213 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Stillmore, or 8 miles
west of Metter...moving southeast at 30 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
Stillmore and Oak Park. 

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 3248 8218 3243 8219 3236 8225 3235 8225
      3235 8224 3232 8223 3231 8224 3236 8233
      3253 8224 3251 8216
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 294DEG 26KT 3242 8221 

HAIL...0.25IN
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, 6:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding27 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, 2:14 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.