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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 22, 2020Fannin County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 22, 2020, 12:41 PM EDT for Fannin County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 22, 2020, 12:41 PM EDT (16:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2020, 1:15 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
40

County Fannin County, GA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2020-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 536 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2020-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
536 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
994 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 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 Jun 22, 7:12 AM EDT, 5 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 7:12 AM EDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 11:52 AM EDT, 49 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1152 AM EDT Mon Jun 22 2020

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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-
1152 AM EDT Mon Jun 22 2020

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight...

An increased coverage of showers and thunderstorms can be expected
today into tonight. A few thunderstorms may become strong to
severe this afternoon and evening. The main hazards will be gusty
winds...frequent lightning and heavy rain.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday...

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible each
afternoon and evening. Gusty winds, frequent lightning, and heavy
rain will be possible with any storms that do develop.
A cold front is expected to move through the area on Wednesday
through Friday bringing additional chances for scattered
thunderstorms.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not requested but spotters are encouraged
to submit reports of severe weather through the web by going to
weather.gov/atlanta. Please relay any information about observed
severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and
CDC guidelines.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens29 min
Jun 21, 8:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley33 min
Jun 21, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson40 min
Jun 21, 9:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel17 min
Jun 21, 9:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens27 min
Jun 22, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee29 min
Jun 22, 2:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa37 min
Jun 22, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee30 min
Jun 22, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison33 min
Jun 22, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar24 min
Jun 22, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson30 min
Jun 22, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns27 min
Jun 22, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Lumpkin31 min
Jun 22, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee27 min
Jun 22, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson28 min
Jun 22, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris25 min
Jun 22, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion33 min
Jun 22, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Muscogee30 min
Jun 22, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee28 min
Jun 22, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson26 min
Jun 22, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Coweta, Heard53 min
Jun 22, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon33 min
Jun 22, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup30 min
Jun 22, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford23 min
Jun 22, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster34 min
Jun 22, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee33 min
Jun 22, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion32 min
Jun 22, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Peach, Taylor45 min
Jun 22, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon35 min
Jun 22, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Twiggs42 min
Jun 22, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas, Haralson, Polk24 min
Jun 22, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Fayette32 min
Jun 22, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison30 min
Jun 22, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas, Paulding, Polk32 min
Jun 22, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry30 min
Jun 22, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Houston, Jones, Peach and 2 more42 min
Jun 22, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro38 min
Jun 22, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Gilmer36 min
Jun 22, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale25 min
Jun 22, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Chattooga, Cobb, DeKalb, Floyd, Fulton and 2 more30 min
Jun 22, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes34 min
Jun 22, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Bleckley, Pulaski, Twiggs, Wilkinson30 min
Jun 22, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth23 min
Jun 22, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton34 min
Jun 22, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Bleckley, Hancock, Pulaski, Wilkinson32 min
Jun 22, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens28 min
Jun 22, 7:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLincoln23 min
Jun 22, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Walton31 min
Jun 22, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge32 min
Jun 22, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene29 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.