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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 22, 2020Oconee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 22, 2020, 2:01 PM EDT for Oconee County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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, 2:01 PM EDT (18:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2020, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

County Oconee County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:03 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 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, 1:48 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 1:48 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 11:52 AM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1152 AM EDT Mon Jun 22 2020

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-231600-
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

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:01 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
Jun 21, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	29 min
Jun 21, 8:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	33 min
Jun 21, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	40 min
Jun 21, 9:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	17 min
Jun 21, 9:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	27 min
Jun 22, 12:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin	34 min
Jun 22, 2:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa	37 min
Jun 22, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	30 min
Jun 22, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Madison	33 min
Jun 22, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar	24 min
Jun 22, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson	30 min
Jun 22, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Towns	27 min
Jun 22, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Lumpkin	31 min
Jun 22, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	27 min
Jun 22, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	28 min
Jun 22, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	25 min
Jun 22, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	33 min
Jun 22, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Muscogee	30 min
Jun 22, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Oconee	28 min
Jun 22, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jackson	26 min
Jun 22, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard	53 min
Jun 22, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	33 min
Jun 22, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	30 min
Jun 22, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford	23 min
Jun 22, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	34 min
Jun 22, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Oconee	33 min
Jun 22, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	32 min
Jun 22, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Peach, Taylor	45 min
Jun 22, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	35 min
Jun 22, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Twiggs	42 min
Jun 22, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas, Haralson, Polk	24 min
Jun 22, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	32 min
Jun 22, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Madison	30 min
Jun 22, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas, Paulding, Polk	32 min
Jun 22, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	30 min
Jun 22, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Houston, Jones, Peach and 2 more	42 min
Jun 22, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro	38 min
Jun 22, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer	36 min
Jun 22, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Rockdale	25 min
Jun 22, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Chattooga, Cobb, DeKalb, Floyd, Fulton and 2 more	30 min
Jun 22, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	34 min
Jun 22, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Bleckley, Pulaski, Twiggs, Wilkinson	30 min
Jun 22, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth	23 min
Jun 22, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton	34 min
Jun 22, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Bleckley, Hancock, Pulaski, Wilkinson	32 min
Jun 22, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens	28 min
Jun 22, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lincoln	23 min
Jun 22, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Walton	31 min
Jun 22, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	32 min
Jun 22, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	29 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.