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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 29, 2020Greene County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 29, 2020, 8:47 PM EDT for Greene 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 29, 2020, 8:47 PM EDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2020, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Greene County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 299 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: 1652 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1486 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 51 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 29, 8:15 PM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 8:15 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 9:47 AM EDT, 11 hours 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:48 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:54 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 8:18 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 8:31 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 8:47 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 29, 8:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	27 min
Jun 29, 8:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	29 min
Jun 29, 9:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	30 min
Jun 29, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	28 min
Jun 29, 9:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	37 min
Jun 30, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion, Schley	24 min
Jun 30, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	29 min
Jun 30, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Schley	28 min
Jun 30, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon	33 min
Jun 30, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	29 min
Jun 30, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Walker, Whitfield	28 min
Jun 30, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	27 min
Jun 30, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dodge, Wilcox	38 min
Jun 30, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	29 min
Jun 30, 2:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker and 1 more	40 min
Jun 30, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether	31 min
Jun 30, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup	39 min
Jun 30, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	32 min
Jun 30, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens	52 min
Jun 30, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	34 min
Jun 30, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	25 min
Jun 30, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	33 min
Jun 30, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	32 min
Jun 30, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Muscogee, Taylor	24 min
Jun 30, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	34 min
Jun 30, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Stewart, Webster	51 min
Jun 30, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	45 min
Jun 30, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	42 min
Jun 30, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	37 min
Jun 30, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Taylor and 1 more	39 min
Jun 30, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale	32 min
Jun 30, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Schley	28 min
Jun 30, 6:52 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb	88 min

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Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2020 Every special weather statement in 2020

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.