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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 30, 2020Marion County, Schley County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2020, 1:36 PM EDT for Marion County, Schley County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 30, 2020, 1:36 PM EDT (17:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

Counties Marion County, GA, Schley County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 128 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: 146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1253 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 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 30, 7:36 AM EDT, 6 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 7:36 AM EDT, 6 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 11:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1153 AM EDT Tue Jun 30 2020

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089>098-102>113-011600-
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-
1153 AM EDT Tue Jun 30 2020

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

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

Scattered thunderstorms are possible today becoming more
widespread this afternoon and into the evening. Some of these
storms could become strong to severe with damaging winds, heavy
rain and frequent lightning.

Heat indices this afternoon will reach into the 100s up to 104 in
parts of central Georgia. Be sure to stay hydrated and take
frequent breaks if spending extended time outdoors.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday...

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 30, 1:36 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, 8:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	28 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, 1:46 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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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.