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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Peach | 27 min |
| Aug 5, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Peach, Twiggs | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe, Pike | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 37 min |
| Aug 5, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Walton | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 23 min |
| Aug 5, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale | 26 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.