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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 3, 2020, 2:00 AM EST for Clayton County, DeKalb County, Douglas County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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
- Mar 3, 2020, 2:00 AM EST (07:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2020, 2:45 AM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 50
Counties Clayton County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:03 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Mar 3, 1:25 AM EST, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 1:25 AM EST, 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 2, 8:28 PM EST, 5 hours 32 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
828 PM EST Mon Mar 2 2020
GAZ066-067-078-030200-
Harris GA-Troup GA-Meriwether GA-
828 PM EST Mon Mar 2 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN HARRIS...SOUTHERN
TROUP AND WESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EST...
At 827 PM EST...a strong thunderstorm was over Lakeview, or near
Lanett...moving east at 40 mph.
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
LaGrange, Hamilton, West Point, Pine Mountain, Cannonville, Stovall,
Piedmont Heights, Big Springs, Jones Crossroads, Baughs Crossroads,
Smiths Crossroad, Whitesville-Pine Lake and Long Cane.
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 3303 8521 3299 8481 3272 8487 3280 8516
3281 8517 3283 8517 3285 8515 3286 8519
3301 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 279DEG 33KT 3291 8516
WIND...40MPHSpecial weather statement, Mar 2, 8:33 PM EST, 5 hours 27 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
833 PM EST Mon Mar 2 2020
GAZ067-069-078-079-030200-
Harris GA-Upson GA-Meriwether GA-Talbot GA-
833 PM EST Mon Mar 2 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN HARRIS...WESTERN
UPSON...SOUTHERN MERIWETHER AND NORTHWESTERN TALBOT COUNTIES UNTIL
900 PM EST...
At 832 PM EST...a strong thunderstorm was over Warm Springs, or 10
miles south of Greenville...moving east at 35 mph.
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
Manchester, Woodbury, Warm Springs, Sprewell Bluff State Park,
Raleigh, Durand, Flint Hill, Imlac and Harris City.
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 3306 8454 3304 8453 3304 8454 3301 8454
3300 8453 3299 8453 3298 8452 3297 8452
3298 8450 3284 8443 3279 8475 3291 8482
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 248DEG 29KT 3288 8470
WIND...40MPHSpecial weather statement, Mar 3, 12:12 AM EST, 1 hour 48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 8:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 8:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 27 min |
| Mar 3, 2:33 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Carroll and 63 more | 52 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 36 min |
| Mar 3, 5:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 32 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.