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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 29, 2020, 6:49 PM EDT for Towns County, Georgia. It was in force for 11 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 29, 2020, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2020, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Towns County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 29, 3:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 3:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 309 PM EDT Mon Jun 29 2020 ...Afternoon Area Forecast Discussion for Monday, June 29th... .SHORT TERM /Tonight through Tuesday Night/... Despite some ridging and drier upper layer, the ample diurnal heating and pretty high MLCAPE near 2500 J/kg is allowing for isolated convective triggering potential area-wide this afternoon into evening. Some stronger storms with gusty winds are possible and an isolated severe cannot be ruled out. Tuesday should be a shift to a more active pattern as ridge dampens further allowing for more zonal to broadly NW flow aloft and some ample deep layer moisture to where any weak perturbations could trigger more widespread to numerous showers and storms. SPC Day 2 Outlook also has northern and eastern portions of the CWA in a Marginal Risk, but could see some strong to isolated severe development area-wide with enhanced downdraft damaging wind potential given such an environment. Have some increasing pops in the north even for late Tuesday night into early Wed with a possible shortwave amplifying across the TN Valley and southern Appalachians. Temps look to be a bit lower and closer to climo norms for Tuesday given aforementioned increased moisture and expected increased convective coverage. Baker .LONG TERM /Wednesday through Monday/... Forecast begins on Wednesday with the Omega block in the upper- levels over the CONUS beginning to break down as the poleward extent of the ridge reaches a breaking point. This causes an anticyclonic wave break on the poleward side of the jet and absorption of the cut-off low to the NE into the flow over the course of the forecast period, by the end of which a weaker, more poleward, and more zonal jet is established, keeping the CWA far removed from any baroclinically driven systems. In other words, another summer continues. On Wednesday into Wednesday night, a weak impulse near MO and IL that has been meandering about under the large scale ridge will move south to the west of the CWA through the Tennessee River Valley. Timing of the wave as well as any upstream, overnight convection will be important to the overall evolution of any convection which develops over the CWA, and several CAMs show differing solutions at the very beginning of the forecast period. However, ample moisture will be in place, and destabilization due to day time heating should occur allowing for some thunderstorms to form. Effective shear values will be much better compared to previous days, allowing for the potential of some organization and longevity of storms. Moving forward, this weak impulse should stick around for a few days, keeping plenty of moisture around that should translate to increased afternoon and evening thunderstorm chances. Recent model runs of the GFS have showed the potential for a weak low to form along the gulf coast over the weekend as the weak impulse moves into the gulf, which would bring an increased potential for rainfall especially over middle GA. However, plenty of uncertainty remains given the timeframe, inherent global model difficulties in handling these types of impulses that are removed from the larger scale flow, and likelihood of mesoscale processes to impact this feature which simply will not be handled well by global scale models. Have gone with the model blend, with some overall increases to PoPs to account for diurnal convection potential. Lusk && .AVIATION... 18Z Update... VFR conditions currently with cu field in 4-6 kft range and some isolated showers across the area. Have tempo for TS and 5SM across all sites from 20-24z then should diminish for overnight. Chances increase for Tuesday so have prevailing SHRA after 18z and prob30 for TS. Winds mainly WNW 7-10 kts with some possible low end gusts, decreasing to light WNW to calm overnight and back to 7-9 kts for Tuesday. //ATL Confidence...18Z Update... High on all elements. Baker && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 73 92 70 89 / 20 60 30 60 Atlanta 73 89 71 88 / 20 60 40 60 Blairsville 66 82 65 80 / 30 70 60 80 Cartersville 70 88 69 86 / 20 70 40 70 Columbus 75 92 73 93 / 10 50 30 60 Gainesville 72 88 70 85 / 20 60 40 60 Macon 74 93 72 93 / 10 50 30 60 Rome 71 88 70 86 / 20 70 50 70 Peachtree City 72 89 70 89 / 10 60 40 60 Vidalia 77 96 74 94 / 10 50 30 60 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...Baker LONG TERM....Lusk AVIATION...Baker
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 9:47 AM EDT, 9 hours 2 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 947 AM EDT Mon Jun 29 2020 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-301400- 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- 947 AM EDT Mon Jun 29 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... Scattered thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening. Some storms could be strong to severe with damaging winds, heavy rain and frequent lightning. Heat indices this afternoon will range from the upper 90s in north Georgia to 104 in parts of central Georgia. Be sure to stay hydrated and take frequent breaks if spending extended time outdoors this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday... 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.
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Local storm report, Jun 29, 6:16 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 28 min |
| Jun 28, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Whitfield | 35 min |
| Jun 28, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Stewart, Webster | 25 min |
| Jun 28, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee | 36 min |
| Jun 28, 9:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 26 min |
| Jun 28, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 26 min |
| Jun 29, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Whitfield | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 23 min |
| Jun 29, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 29 min |
| Jun 29, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 36 min |
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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.