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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 3, 20204 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 3, 2020, 6:54 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 51 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: May 3, 2020, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2020, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 50

Counties Catoosa County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 1684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 10 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 May 3, 2:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 2:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 4:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
421 PM EDT Sun May 3 2020

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-042030-
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-
421 PM EDT Sun May 3 2020

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight...

Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible for far north Georgia
tonight with the main threats being damaging wind, occasional
lightning, hail, and brief periods of heavy rain.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday...

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are possible Monday through
Wednesday, with the highest chances of storms expected in North
Georgia. Monday's storms over North Georgia will have the
strongest potential for severe weather with strong wind gusts and
hail possible.

Another round of showers and thunderstorms will be possible on
Friday as well along a stronger frontal system.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 3, 6:54 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
654 PM EDT Sun May 3 2020

GAZ001>004-011-032345-
Chattooga GA-Whitfield GA-Catoosa GA-Walker GA-Dade GA-
654 PM EDT Sun May 3 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CHATTOOGA...WHITFIELD...
CATOOSA...WALKER AND DADE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

At 654 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from Cagle to near Fackler to near Woodville...and moving
east at 70 mph.

  HAZARD...Winds 40 to 50 mph.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
           light...unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of these storms include
Dalton, Lafayette, Ringgold, Trenton, Fort Oglethorpe, Rossville,
Chickamauga, Trion, Varnell, Lookout Mountain, Tunnel Hill, Cohutta,
Menlo, Center Post, Subligna, Blue Spring, Fairview, Linwood,
Villanow and Cloudland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.

LAT...LON 3499 8481 3461 8503 3462 8506 3460 8506
      3446 8546 3447 8550 3498 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 283DEG 61KT 3545 8547 3478 8594 3466 8628

WIND...50MPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Walker and 1 more	31 min

Nearby

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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.