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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2020, 1:46 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 28, 2020, 1:46 PM EDT (17:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2020, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Oconee County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 650 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1114 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
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 28, 11:06 AM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 11:06 AM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1149 AM EDT Sun Jun 28 2020 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-291600- 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- 1149 AM EDT Sun Jun 28 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon, mainly impacting north Georgia. Strong storms will be possible with gusty winds, small hail, frequent lightning and heavy rainfall as the primary concerns. Some severe storms could impact northeast Georgia with damaging winds and large hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday... Scattered to numerous 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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 28, 1:10 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
120 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0411 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SW HOLLIS LATHEM RESE 34.36N 84.27W
06/27/2020 CHEROKEE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORT OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC2000830
BDLLocal storm report, Jun 28, 1:23 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
123 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0407 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NNE LATHEMTOWN 34.27N 84.30W
06/27/2020 CHEROKEE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORT OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC2000831
BDLSpecial weather statement, Jun 28, 1:46 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
146 PM EDT Sun Jun 28 2020
GAZ037-047-049-281815-
Morgan GA-Walton GA-Oconee GA-
146 PM EDT Sun Jun 28 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MORGAN...NORTHEASTERN
WALTON AND OCONEE COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT...
At 145 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Gratis, or 8 miles
northeast of Monroe...moving east at 25 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
Watkinsville, North High Shoals, Bishop, Farmington and Eastville.
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 3390 8339 3390 8338 3389 8338 3388 8337
3381 8337 3373 8346 3385 8364 3391 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 290DEG 20KT 3387 8359
WIND...40MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 36 min |
| Jun 27, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 10:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 27 min |
| Jun 28, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Union | 32 min |
| Jun 28, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Towns and 2 more | 28 min |
| Jun 28, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Lumpkin | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 24 min |
| Jun 28, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 34 min |
| Jun 28, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 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.