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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 30, 2020Crawford County, Muscogee County, Taylor County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2020, 4:21 PM EDT for Crawford County, Muscogee County, Taylor 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, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2020, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

Counties Crawford County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Taylor County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 92 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2020-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 146 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2020-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

As transmitted.

606 
WWUS82 KFFC 302021
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
421 PM EDT Tue Jun 30 2020
 
GAZ069-078>081-089>091-094-302045-
Peach GA-Chattahoochee GA-Harris GA-Taylor GA-Marion GA-Upson GA-
Crawford GA-Talbot GA-Muscogee GA-
421 PM EDT Tue Jun 30 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEACH...NORTHEASTERN
CHATTAHOOCHEE...SOUTHERN HARRIS...TAYLOR...NORTHERN MARION...
SOUTHEASTERN UPSON...CRAWFORD...SOUTHERN TALBOT AND MUSCOGEE COUNTIES
UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

At 421 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Salem to near Geneva to near Goat Rock Lake...and
moving southeast at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...pea sized hail and frequent cloud to 
           ground lightning.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of 
           light...unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of these storms include
Columbus, Fort Valley, Butler, Roberta, Talbotton, Byron, Reynolds,
Junction City, Geneva, North Fort Benning, Bibb City, Upatoi, Green
Island Hills, Juniper, Columbus Metropolitan Airport, Oakland,
Howard, Benning Hills, Benning Park and Horns.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

LAT...LON 3266 8457 3282 8406 3260 8374 3253 8400
      3253 8405 3252 8403 3251 8411 3249 8413
      3243 8436 3240 8498 3241 8498 3243 8496
      3245 8500 3252 8500 3258 8507 3263 8508
      3264 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 315DEG 7KT 3275 8411 3262 8452 3259 8504 

HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 8:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene27 min
Jun 29, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Fayette29 min
Jun 29, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene28 min
Jun 29, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette30 min
Jun 29, 9:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam28 min
Jun 29, 9:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper37 min
Jun 30, 1:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley24 min
Jun 30, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga29 min
Jun 30, 2:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley28 min
Jun 30, 2:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon33 min
Jun 30, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox29 min
Jun 30, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Walker, Whitfield28 min
Jun 30, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup27 min
Jun 30, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dodge, Wilcox38 min
Jun 30, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter29 min
Jun 30, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker and 1 more40 min
Jun 30, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether31 min
Jun 30, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup39 min
Jun 30, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson32 min
Jun 30, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens52 min
Jun 30, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding34 min
Jun 30, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair25 min
Jun 30, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta33 min
Jun 30, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas32 min
Jun 30, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall34 min
Jun 30, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Stewart, Webster51 min
Jun 30, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton45 min
Jun 30, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta42 min
Jun 30, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup37 min
Jun 30, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Taylor and 1 more39 min
Jun 30, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Rockdale32 min
Jun 30, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley28 min
Jun 30, 6:52 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb88 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.