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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 5, 20195 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2019, 6:55 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 5, 2019, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2019, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

Counties Barrow County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Walton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 12:00Z on 2019-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 895 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2019-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
895 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
959 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

720 
WWUS82 KFFC 052255
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
655 PM EDT Mon Aug 5 2019
 
GAZ025-035>039-047-049>051-052330-
Taliaferro GA-Wilkes GA-Morgan GA-Jackson GA-Walton GA-Barrow GA-
Oglethorpe GA-Clarke GA-Greene GA-Oconee GA-
655 PM EDT Mon Aug 5 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN TALIAFERRO...
SOUTHWESTERN WILKES...NORTHERN MORGAN...SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON...
WALTON...BARROW...SOUTHWESTERN OGLETHORPE...CLARKE...NORTHERN GREENE
AND OCONEE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

At 653 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Rayle to near Bogart to near Windsor...and moving
southwest at 15 mph.

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

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of 
           light...unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of these storms include
Winder, Monroe, Watkinsville, Lexington, Athens, Statham, Union
Point, Walnut Grove, Winterville, Bogart, Crawford, North High
Shoals, Bethlehem, Bostwick, Arnoldsville, Woodville, Between, Good
Hope, Maxeys and Bishop.

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 3383 8278 3359 8296 3374 8360 3370 8385
      3373 8389 3391 8382 3393 8380 3395 8381
      3407 8376 3402 8346
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 048DEG 13KT 3376 8295 3393 8355 3386 8381 

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp29 min
Aug 5, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford, Peach27 min
Aug 5, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Peach, Twiggs36 min
Aug 5, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Monroe, Pike24 min
Aug 5, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel37 min
Aug 5, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Twiggs35 min
Aug 5, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam36 min
Aug 5, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley34 min
Aug 5, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Walton24 min
Aug 5, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee26 min
Aug 5, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe23 min
Aug 5, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett35 min
Aug 5, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale26 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.