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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 19, 2020, 7:28 AM EDT for Coweta County, Heard County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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
- Apr 19, 2020, 7:28 AM EDT (11:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
Counties Coweta County, GA, Heard County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:31 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 2478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 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 Apr 19, 4:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 4:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 440 AM EDT Sun Apr 19 2020 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-201000- 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- 440 AM EDT Sun Apr 19 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... Scattered to numerous severe thunderstorms are expected across central and portions of north Georgia this afternoon and tonight. The greatest threat can be expected along and south of I-20 with Central Georgia most favored for strong, long-track tornadoes along with damaging winds and large hail. A flash flood watch is in effect for central and portions of north Georgia. Heavy rain across the area will likely lead to localized flooding. Refer to the Flash flood watch / ATLFFAFFC / for more information. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday... Strong thunderstorms will be possible over portions of east and central Georgia early Monday. Another round of potentially strong thunderstorms is expected across north and central Georgia on Thursday and Thursday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is requested for this afternoon and tonight across central and portions of north Georgia, along and south of I-20. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and CDC guidelines.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 7:28 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Spalding | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 8:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Troup | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 8:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 9:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Washington | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 9:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 52 min |
| Apr 19, 9:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 9:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 10:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 28 min |
| Apr 19, 10:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 10:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Schley | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 10:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Taylor | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 11:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 11:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 11:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Macon, Pulaski | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 11:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Wheeler | 28 min |
| Apr 19, 11:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 11:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 24 min |
| Apr 19, 12:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 24 min |
| Apr 19, 12:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 1:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 24 min |
| Apr 19, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 24 min |
| Apr 19, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly, Sumter | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 6:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart, Talbot and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Harris, Muscogee, Talbot, Taylor | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 7:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Crawford, Houston, Macon, Marion, Peach, Schley and 2 more | 11 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.