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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 31, 2020Treutlen County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2020, 3:59 PM EDT for Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 31, 2020, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2020, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

County Treutlen County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 192 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 316 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 406 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 Mar 31, 3:44 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 3:44 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 5:17 AM EDT, 10 hours 42 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
517 AM EDT Tue Mar 31 2020

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-010930-
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-
517 AM EDT Tue Mar 31 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight...

A low pressure system will move across the southeast states today,
bringing widespread showers and thunderstorms. A threat for severe
weather exists, mainly for areas south of Interstate 20. Hail,
damaging winds and a few tornadoes are all possible with this
system. To the north of this severe risk, the threat for heavy
rain will exist which could lead to localized flooding. The most
likely timing for any severe weather should be between noon and
7PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday...

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters should monitor the latest information for possible
activation across portions of central Georgia later today.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:06 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
306 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1153 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E LAKEVIEW ESTATES    33.70N  84.01W
03/31/2020                   ROCKDALE           GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A COUPLE TREES DOWNED IN NORTHERN ROCKDALE COUNTY

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC2000265

THIEM

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 3:09 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
309 PM EDT Tue Mar 31 2020

GAZ083-095>097-107-109-312000-
Houston GA-Laurens GA-Bleckley GA-Dodge GA-Twiggs GA-Pulaski GA-
309 PM EDT Tue Mar 31 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON...LAURENS...
BLECKLEY...NORTHWESTERN DODGE...SOUTHERN TWIGGS AND NORTHWESTERN
PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

At 309 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Magnolia, or 7 miles
northwest of Cochran...moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 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
Dublin, Cochran, East Dublin, Chester, Dexter, Dudley, Cadwell,
Rentz, Coley Station, Yonkers, Roddy, Magnolia, Rowland, Royal,
Ocmulgee Public Fishing Area, Harlow, Paulk, Goldsboro, Rebie and
Cary.

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 3235 8361 3250 8349 3257 8280 3233 8285
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 265DEG 40KT 3245 8346

WIND...50MPH

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 3:16 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:18 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 3:50 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 3:59 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 10:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup	59 min
Mar 31, 10:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Cobb, Douglas	24 min
Mar 31, 11:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton and 3 more	44 min
Mar 31, 11:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton	40 min
Mar 31, 11:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Troup and 1 more	58 min
Mar 31, 11:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Jackson	26 min
Mar 31, 11:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Rockdale and 1 more	38 min
Mar 31, 12:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Jasper	33 min
Mar 31, 12:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Clarke, Madison, Oconee	35 min
Mar 31, 12:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Stewart	63 min
Mar 31, 12:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam	33 min
Mar 31, 12:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Talbot, Upson	29 min
Mar 31, 12:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam, Upson	62 min
Mar 31, 12:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	50 min
Mar 31, 1:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee	29 min
Mar 31, 1:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Taylor	41 min
Mar 31, 1:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson	25 min
Mar 31, 1:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion	46 min
Mar 31, 1:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Stewart, Sumter, Webster	23 min
Mar 31, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Hancock	60 min
Mar 31, 1:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski, Sumter, Wilcox	42 min
Mar 31, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson	23 min
Mar 31, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	23 min
Mar 31, 1:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Wilcox	52 min
Mar 31, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson, Washington	60 min
Mar 31, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	35 min
Mar 31, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	50 min
Mar 31, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler, Wilcox	50 min
Mar 31, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson, Twiggs, Wilkinson	29 min
Mar 31, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Laurens	51 min
Mar 31, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	44 min
Mar 31, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	25 min
Mar 31, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	22 min

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Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2020 Every special weather statement in 2020

Sources

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