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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2019, 8:54 PM EDT for Clayton County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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, 8:54 PM EDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2019, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
Counties Clayton County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 894 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1141 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 5, 7:59 PM EDT, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 7:59 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...Updated National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1200 PM EDT Mon Aug 5 2019 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-060900- Baldwin-Banks-Barrow-Bartow-Bibb-Bleckley-Butts-Carroll-Catoosa- Chattahoochee-Chattooga-Cherokee-Clarke-Clayton-Cobb-Coweta- Crawford-Crisp-Dade-Dawson-DeKalb-Dodge-Dooly-Douglas-Emanuel- Fannin-Fayette-Floyd-Forsyth-Gilmer-Glascock-Gordon-Greene- Gwinnett-Hall-Hancock-Haralson-Harris-Heard-Henry-Houston-Jackson- Jasper-Jefferson-Johnson-Jones-Lamar-Laurens-Lumpkin-Macon- Madison-Marion-Meriwether-Monroe-Montgomery-Morgan-Murray- Muscogee-Newton-North Fulton-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Paulding-Peach- Pickens-Pike-Polk-Pulaski-Putnam-Rockdale-Schley-South Fulton- Spalding-Stewart-Sumter-Talbot-Taliaferro-Taylor-Telfair-Toombs- Towns-Treutlen-Troup-Twiggs-Union-Upson-Walker-Walton-Warren- Washington-Webster-Wheeler-White-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes- Wilkinson- 1200 PM EDT Mon Aug 5 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... Scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon. The highest coverage will be across portions of Central Georgia. Some storms could be strong to severe with frequent lightning, strong wind gusts, and very heavy rain. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday... Scattered thunderstorms are expected to continue each day, especially each afternoon and evening. A few storms could become strong to severe with gusty winds, heavy rain, and frequent cloud-to- ground lightning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight, but spotter are encouraged to report unusual storm activity to NWS Peachtree City.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 6:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
619 PM EDT Mon Aug 5 2019
GAZ036>038-052245-
Oglethorpe GA-Clarke GA-Oconee GA-
619 PM EDT Mon Aug 5 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN OGLETHORPE...CLARKE
AND EASTERN OCONEE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...
At 618 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over State Botanical
Garden Of Ga, or over Watkinsville...and was nearly
stationary.
HAZARD...40 to 50 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
Watkinsville, Athens, Winterville, Arnoldsville, Bishop,
Athens-Clarke County, Whitehall, Westgate Park, James Holland Youth
Sports Cmpx, Beechwood Hills, Sandy Creek Recreation Area, Oconee
Heights, Barnett Shoals, Barretts Mill, Dunlap, State Botanical
Garden Of Ga and Farmington.
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 3400 8328 3400 8325 3378 8316 3376 8327
3376 8328 3375 8330 3373 8341 3397 8353
3399 8350 3400 8350 3399 8348 3403 8339
3404 8339 3403 8337 3404 8336
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 082DEG 12KT 3390 8342
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...50MPHSpecial weather statement, Aug 5, 6:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
640 PM EDT Mon Aug 5 2019
GAZ034-045>047-052315-
Walton GA-Rockdale GA-DeKalb GA-Gwinnett GA-
640 PM EDT Mon Aug 5 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN WALTON...
NORTHEASTERN ROCKDALE...EASTERN DEKALB AND SOUTHEASTERN GWINNETT
COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...
At 640 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Snellville, or 7 miles
south of Lawrenceville...moving southwest at 15 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 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
Lawrenceville, Snellville, Lilburn, Loganville, Dacula, Grayson,
Mountain Park, Windsor, Harbin, Big Haynes Creek Park and Rosebud.
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 3396 8382 3394 8381 3373 8389 3374 8392
3372 8392 3371 8391 3371 8393 3370 8392
3382 8417 3400 8402
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 035DEG 13KT 3386 8401
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...50MPHSpecial weather statement, Aug 5, 6:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 9:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 5 hr |
| Aug 6, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 37 min |
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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.