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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 9, 2020, 12:17 PM EDT for Crisp County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
- Jun 9, 2020, 12:17 PM EDT (16:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2020, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Crisp County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 775 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 Jun 9, 10:48 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 10:48 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 11:17 AM EDT, 1 hour before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1117 AM EDT Tue Jun 9 2020 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-101530- 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- 1117 AM EDT Tue Jun 9 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... Scattered thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and into the evening. Some of these storms could contain heavy rain, gusty winds and frequent lightning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday... There is a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms on Wednesday as a cold front moves through. The primary threat will be damaging winds, but frequent lightning, heavy rain and hail are possible as well. Thunderstorms focused in central and southeastern Georgia will be possible Thursday through Saturday. Frequent lightning, heavy rain, and gusty winds will be the primary hazards with any storms that develop. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 12:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1217 PM EDT Tue Jun 9 2020
GAZ106-108-091645-
Crisp GA-Wilcox GA-
1217 PM EDT Tue Jun 9 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CRISP AND SOUTHWESTERN
WILCOX COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM EDT...
At 1217 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Arabi, or 8 miles
northwest of Ashburn...moving northeast at 20 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
Cordele, Rochelle, Arabi, Pitts, East Crisp, Double Run, Tremont,
Wenona, Seville and Hatley.
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 3181 8383 3203 8367 3203 8360 3193 8344
3185 8355 3185 8361 3180 8362 3180 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 1617Z 222DEG 19KT 3182 8372
WIND...40MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 10:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 1:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 28 min |
| Jun 9, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 33 min |
| Jun 9, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Pulaski | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 26 min |
| Jun 9, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Peach | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Jackson, Oconee | 24 min |
| Jun 9, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Newton, Walton | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Walton | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Henry, Rockdale | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Morgan, Oconee, Walton | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 37 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.