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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2020, 10:34 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Floyd County, Georgia. It was in force for 56 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
- Jul 3, 2020, 10:34 PM EDT (02:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2020, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Floyd County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 734 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 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 Jul 3, 10:07 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 10:07 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 515 AM EDT Fri Jul 3 2020 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-040915- 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- 515 AM EDT Fri Jul 3 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening. Some storms could become strong with gusty winds, frequent lightning and heavy rain as the main threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday... Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms will be possible each afternoon and evening. Some storms could become strong with gusty winds, frequent lightning and heavy rain as the main threats. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
645 PM EDT Fri Jul 3 2020
GAZ102-032315-
Stewart GA-
645 PM EDT Fri Jul 3 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STEWART COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM
EDT...
At 645 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Charles, or near
Lumpkin...moving west at 35 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 this storm include
Lumpkin, Richland, Charles, Westville, Brooklyn, Louvale and
Providence Canyon State Park.
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 3197 8493 3222 8490 3223 8465 3222 8464
3216 8464 3216 8465 3215 8465 3215 8464
3213 8464 3195 8466
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 086DEG 30KT 3214 8477
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPHSpecial weather statement, Jul 3, 7:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 40 min |
| Jul 3, 11:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 2:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 52 min |
| Jul 4, 5:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 53 min |
| Jul 4, 9:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 35 min |
| Jul 4, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 27 min |
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