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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Oct 19, 2019, 6:32 PM EDT for Dooly County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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
- Oct 19, 2019, 6:32 PM EDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2019, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Dooly County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 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 Oct 19, 3:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 19, 3:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 19, 4:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 446 PM EDT Sat Oct 19 2019 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-202100- 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- 446 PM EDT Sat Oct 19 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Tonight... Isolated thunderstorms are possible through this evening, mainly along and south of a line from LaGrange to Macon to Swainsboro, as Post Tropical Storm Nestor moves northeast across the state. Locally heavy rain and gusty winds will be the main hazards, but an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. Isolated strong wind gusts, which could down large tree limbs or small trees, cannot be ruled out, but should not be widespread. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday... Isolated thunderstorms will be possible Monday afternoon and again Friday as two cold fronts move through to the region. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 19, 6:26 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
626 PM EDT SAT OCT 19 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 4 WNW PEACH STATE SPEED 34.19N 83.61W
10/19/2019 JACKSON GA PUBLIC
UPROOTED TREE DUE TO WINDS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC ALONG
PINE WAY LANE.
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EVENT NUMBER FFC1900764
LUSKSpecial weather statement, Oct 19, 6:32 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
632 PM EDT Sat Oct 19 2019
GAZ105>108-192315-
Crisp GA-Dooly GA-Wilcox GA-Pulaski GA-
632 PM EDT Sat Oct 19 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CRISP...EASTERN DOOLY...
NORTHWESTERN WILCOX AND SOUTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM
EDT...
At 632 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Richwood, or near
Cordele...moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...40 mph wind 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
Cordele, Vienna, Pineview, Pinehurst, Pleasant View, Richwood,
Tippettville, Tremont, Pope City and Finleyson.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Motorists should
slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3203 8396 3204 8397 3227 8367 3207 8343
3190 8385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 232DEG 14KT 3202 8385
WIND...40MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 6:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 47 min |
| Oct 19, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 37 min |
| Oct 19, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox | 47 min |
| Oct 19, 7:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox | 6 hr |
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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.