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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2019, 2:25 PM EDT for Macon County, 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 20, 2019, 2:25 PM EDT (18:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2019, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Macon County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 409 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
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 20, 7:52 AM EDT, 6 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 7:52 AM EDT, 6 hours 33 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 515 AM EDT Tue Aug 20 2019 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-210915- 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- 515 AM EDT Tue Aug 20 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected across much of north and central Georgia this afternoon into tonight. Gusty winds, frequent lightning and locally heavy rainfall are possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday... Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected across much of north and central Georgia through the week, mainly in the afternoon and evening. A few storms could be strong to marginally severe with gusty winds, frequent lightning and locally heavy rainfall. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not requested but spotters are encouraged to submit reports of severe weather through the web by going to weather.gov/atlanta.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 20, 12:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1242 PM EDT TUE AUG 20 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0242 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 ESE RANGER 34.49N 84.68W
08/19/2019 GORDON GA EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE REPORTED DOWN ON POWERLINES NEAR PITTMAN RD. AND
HWY 411
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EVENT NUMBER FFC1900692
NMLocal storm report, Aug 20, 1:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
104 PM EDT TUE AUG 20 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SW SONORAVILLE 34.43N 84.84W
08/19/2019 GORDON GA EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE REPORTED DOWN ON POWERLINES NEAR INTERSECTION OF
ERWIN HILL CHURCH RD SE AND ERWIN HILL RD SE
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EVENT NUMBER FFC1900693
NMSpecial weather statement, Aug 20, 2:25 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
225 PM EDT Tue Aug 20 2019
GAZ092-093-104-105-201900-
Macon GA-Schley GA-Dooly GA-Sumter GA-
225 PM EDT Tue Aug 20 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN MACON...SOUTHEASTERN
SCHLEY...NORTHWESTERN DOOLY AND NORTHEASTERN SUMTER COUNTIES UNTIL
300 PM EDT...
At 225 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Clearview, or near
Oglethorpe. This storm was nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...frequent cloud to ground lightning
and heavy rain.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Oglethorpe, Montezuma, Byromville, Andersonville, Dooling,
Andersonville National Historic, Clearview, Bumphead, Fountainville,
La Crosse and Pennington.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3230 8423 3231 8386 3216 8380 3215 8427
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 351DEG 2KT 3224 8405
WIND...40MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 19 min |
| Aug 19, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 11:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 37 min |
| Aug 19, 11:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 33 min |
| Aug 19, 11:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 32 min |
| Aug 20, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 31 min |
| Aug 20, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Taylor | 40 min |
| Aug 20, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 38 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.