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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 4, 2019Emanuel County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2019, 4:16 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2019, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Emanuel County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 214 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: 56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

413 
WWUS82 KFFC 042016
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
416 PM EDT Sun Aug 4 2019
 
GAZ085-086-042045-
Emanuel GA-Johnson GA-
416 PM EDT Sun Aug 4 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EMANUEL AND EASTERN JOHNSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

At 416 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Meeks, or 10 miles
southeast of Wrightsville...moving southeast 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
Swainsboro, Nunez, Kite, Norristown Junction, Dellwood, Covena,
Modoc, Canoochee, Meeks and Norristown.

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 3242 8239 3244 8238 3245 8240 3250 8251
      3264 8269 3277 8255 3269 8214
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 312DEG 18KT 3266 8256 

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 3, 8:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Rockdale	37 min
Aug 4, 6:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	27 min
Aug 4, 9:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Forsyth, Hall, Jackson, Madison and 3 more	57 min
Aug 4, 10:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Hall, Jackson, Madison, Oconee and 1 more	60 min
Aug 4, 11:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Clarke, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton	4 hr
Aug 4, 11:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Jackson, Madison	63 min
Aug 4, 12:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Hall, Jackson, Madison	4 hr
Aug 4, 12:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall, White	66 min
Aug 4, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Candler	17 min
Aug 4, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	31 min
Aug 4, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	36 min
Aug 4, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson, Washington	37 min
Aug 4, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson	29 min
Aug 4, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	24 min
Aug 4, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	32 min
Aug 4, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	30 min
Aug 4, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer	26 min
Aug 4, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	23 min
Aug 4, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	40 min
Aug 4, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro, Warren	33 min
Aug 4, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Whitfield	32 min

Nearby

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.