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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2020, 1:47 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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
- Jul 8, 2020, 1:47 PM EDT (17:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2020, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 251 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 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 8, 11:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 11:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 12:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1234 PM EDT Wed Jul 8 2020 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-091645- 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- 1234 PM EDT Wed Jul 8 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... Afternoon thunderstorms are expected to develop across the region today. Some storms could be strong with heavy rain, lightning, and gusty winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday... Thunderstorms are possible each day during the afternoon. Some severe thunderstorms are possible on Sunday with damaging winds being the primary threat. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:47 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
147 PM EDT Wed Jul 8 2020
GAZ001>004-011-081815-
Chattooga GA-Whitfield GA-Catoosa GA-Walker GA-Dade GA-
147 PM EDT Wed Jul 8 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CHATTOOGA...WHITFIELD...
CATOOSA...WALKER AND DADE COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT...
At 147 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from Lakeview to Rising Fawn...and moving southeast at 5
mph.
HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph...pea sized hail and heavy rain.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.
Some locations in the path of these storms include
Dalton, Lafayette, Summerville, Ringgold, Trenton, Fort Oglethorpe,
Rossville, Chickamauga, Trion, Varnell, Lookout Mountain, Tunnel
Hill, Cohutta, Menlo, Center Post, Subligna, Blue Spring, Fairview,
Linwood and Villanow.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Motorists should
slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3499 8501 3497 8492 3461 8499 3462 8506
3459 8506 3459 8511 3455 8513 3443 8548
3446 8550 3498 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 298DEG 6KT 3499 8525 3474 8553
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 10:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley, Sumter | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Sumter | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 36 min |
Nearby
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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.