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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 15, 2020Heard County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2020, 6:52 PM EDT for Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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 15, 2020, 6:52 PM EDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2020, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 50

County Heard County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 45 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: 392 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1417 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -9 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 Jul 15, 3:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 3:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
316 PM EDT Wed Jul 15 2020

.SHORT TERM /Tonight through Thursday Night/...

An upper level ridge continues to slowly move eastward across the
eastern CONUS through the short term period, and will be centered
over the Atlantic coast by Thursday morning. With the ridge axis and
surface high pressure currently positioned to the east of the
forecast area, surface winds have shifted to a southeasterly
direction on the back side of the high pressure. Meanwhile,
advection of low-level tropical moisture is contributing to
increasing dewpoints and instability. Meanwhile, a weak surface
boundary remains stalled near the I-20 corridor, which is
maintaining deeper moisture and higher humidity along the boundary
and to the south.

Convection throughout the short term period will be diurnally-driven
in nature, and is already developing across north and central
Georgia. With increasing instability, an increase in
showers/thunderstorms is anticipated across the forecast area, with
slight chance PoPs or less only in northeast Georgia, and chance
PoPs elsewhere across the forecast area. Widespread severe weather
is not expected, but with SBCAPE values rising into the 2000-3000
J/kg range in west Georgia, a few storms could become strong to
marginally severe and capable of producing gusty winds, in addition
to frequent lightning and locally heavy rain.

Showers and thunderstorms will gradually diminish tonight. With very
light winds and humid conditions in central Georgia, some patchy fog
is possible in central Georgia in the early morning. The pattern
will remain consistent on Thursday as the ridge moves over the
Atlantic. With continued southerly flow, moisture advection will
continue and dewpoints will climb into the low to mid 70s areawide.
Scattered afternoon thunderstorms are once again expected on
Thursday. The highest rain chances will be in the high-end chance
PoPs range (40-50 percent) across majority of the forecast area,
with lower chances further east.

Both low and high temperatures will be consistently above normal
through the short term period. Notably, highs are expected to range
from the low to mid 90s in north Georgia and mid to upper 90s in
central Georgia. Considering deeper moisture in central Georgia,
heat indices from 100 to 104 will be observed along and south of the
Atlanta metro this afternoon. While some isolated areas will reach
or exceed heat indices 105 degrees in central Georgia, values are
overall not anticipated to reach advisory criteria. Heat index
values will be slightly lower on Thursday, ranging from 97-102
degrees across the majority of the forecast area.

King

.LONG TERM /Friday through Wednesday/...

No major changes made to the extended forecast. The long term will
continue to be characterized by some level of upper level ridging
across the area. This will keep diurnally driven showers and
thunderstorms and very warm temps through day 7. There are minor
differences in the models with increased moisture and timing but
they are all showing a similar summertime pattern. Overall the trend
is increased moisture as we go into next week, and temps remaining
mainly in the 90s. Right now it appears Heat Indices will reach into
the upper 90s to lower 100s each day as well. We will keep an eye on
things as we may need to issue a heat advisory sometime over the
next week or so.

01

.AVIATION...
18Z Update...
VFR conditions will persist through the TAF period. Mid-level
stratus over ATL has dissipated and a cu field at 040-050 has
developed across north and central Georgia. Scattered convection is
ongoing near the ATL sites, and a TEMPO group for TSRA is in place
for the time the greatest coverage is anticipated, between 18-21Z.
SHRA/TSRA is expected to come to an end this evening by 02Z, and mid-
level stratus is once again possible in the overnight and early
morning hours Thursday. Prevailing winds are expected to remain from
the SE at 3-7 kts through the period, with the exception of gusts
associated with any TSRA that occurs.

//ATL Confidence...18Z Update...
Medium to high confidence on all elements.

King

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Athens          72  93  72  94 /  20  30  10  30
Atlanta         73  91  73  93 /  20  40  30  20
Blairsville     68  86  68  86 /  20  50  30  50
Cartersville    72  92  72  93 /  20  50  40  30
Columbus        74  94  74  95 /  30  40  30  20
Gainesville     71  89  72  91 /  20  40  20  30
Macon           73  94  72  94 /  30  30  20  20
Rome            72  93  73  94 /  20  30  30  30
Peachtree City  72  91  72  93 /  20  40  30  20
Vidalia         74  95  73  95 /  30  20   5  20

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...King
LONG TERM....01
AVIATION...King

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 4:20 AM EDT, 14 hours 32 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
420 AM EDT Wed Jul 15 2020

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-161000-
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-
420 AM EDT Wed Jul 15 2020

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight...

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected across much of
north and central Georgia this afternoon and evening. The main
hazards will be gusty winds, frequent lightning and brief heavy
rain with any strong storms.

Heat Indices of 100 to 105 degrees can be expected over central
and portions of north Georgia this afternoon.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday...

For Thursday through Saturday, isolated to scattered thunderstorms
are expected across the area during the afternoon and evening hours.
Some storms could be strong with gusty winds, frequent lightning
and locally heavy rainfall.

For Sunday through Tuesday, Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are
expected across the area. Some storms will be strong with gusty
winds, frequent lightning and locally heavy rainfall.

Heat indices of 100 to 105 degrees can be expected over much of the
area away from the mountains through Tuesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 6:14 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
614 PM EDT Wed Jul 15 2020

GAZ069-070-152245-
Lamar GA-Upson GA-
614 PM EDT Wed Jul 15 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAMAR AND
NORTHEASTERN UPSON COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

At 613 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near The Rock, or 7 miles
south of Barnesville...moving northwest at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...nickel 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
Thomaston, Yatesville, The Rock, Lincoln Park, Logtown, Redbone
Crossroads and Piedmont.

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 3284 8434 3299 8428 3299 8427 3303 8427
      3304 8425 3305 8425 3297 8410 3293 8411
      3293 8412 3290 8412 3279 8416
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 122DEG 9KT 3294 8419

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...50MPH

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 6:24 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
624 PM EDT Wed Jul 15 2020

GAZ059-071-072-152300-
Monroe GA-Jones GA-Jasper GA-
624 PM EDT Wed Jul 15 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MONROE...
NORTHWESTERN JONES AND SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

At 624 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Juliette, or 9 miles
east of Forsyth...moving north at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...nickel 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
Berner, Juliette, Plant Scherer, Jarrell Plantation and Dames Ferry.

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 3296 8368 3296 8380 3310 8393 3318 8383
      3317 8371
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 163DEG 11KT 3308 8378

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...50MPH

Local storm report, Jul 15, 6:28 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
628 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0551 PM     HAIL             1 ESE LOUISE            33.08N  84.92W
07/15/2020  E1.75 INCH       TROUP              GA   PUBLIC

            WALNUT TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL FELL AROUND STATE ROUTE
            403 AND HINES ROAD. A CAR WAS REPORTED DENTED WITH A
            CRACKED WINDSHIELD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC2000897

LREAVES

Local storm report, Jul 15, 6:37 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
637 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0552 PM     HAIL             LOUISE                  33.08N  84.93W
07/15/2020  E1.75 INCH       TROUP              GA   PUBLIC

            GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED ON OAK STREET. A
            TRUCK WINDSHIELD WAS REPORTED SHATTERED BY THE HAIL.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC2000898

LREAVES

Local storm report, Jul 15, 6:42 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
642 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0551 PM     HAIL             1 SW LOUISE             33.07N  84.95W
07/15/2020  E2.00 INCH       TROUP              GA   PUBLIC

            GOLF BALL TO HEN-EGG SIZED HAIL FELL NEAR MT ZION
            CHURCH ROAD. CAR ALARMS WERE REPORTED GOING OFF, A HOUSE
            WINDOW AND A BACK PATIO TABLE WAS REPORTED DAMAGED DUE
            TO THE HAIL.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC2000899

LREAVES

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 6:52 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
652 PM EDT Wed Jul 15 2020

GAZ042-052-053-152330-
Coweta GA-Carroll GA-Heard GA-
652 PM EDT Wed Jul 15 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN COWETA...SOUTHERN CARROLL
AND NORTHEASTERN HEARD COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

At 652 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Powers Crossroads, or
8 miles southwest of Newnan...moving northwest at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...nickel 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
Centralhatchee, Roopville, Powers Crossroads, Lowell, Handy and Plant
Wansley.

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 3332 8482 3324 8495 3333 8513 3344 8516
      3349 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 133DEG 12KT 3333 8493

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...50MPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion, Talbot	36 min
Jul 15, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	24 min
Jul 15, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee	35 min
Jul 15, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee	33 min
Jul 15, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	28 min
Jul 15, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Fulton	23 min
Jul 15, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fulton, Gwinnett	29 min
Jul 15, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens	35 min
Jul 15, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon, Schley, Sumter	33 min
Jul 15, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Toombs	31 min
Jul 15, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	31 min
Jul 15, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lamar, Upson	27 min
Jul 15, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	34 min
Jul 15, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion	30 min
Jul 15, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Troup	24 min
Jul 15, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	31 min
Jul 15, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Monroe	36 min
Jul 15, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fayette, Lamar, Pike, Spalding, Upson	44 min
Jul 15, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen	28 min
Jul 15, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Monroe	36 min
Jul 15, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox	30 min
Jul 15, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Jones, Monroe	27 min
Jul 15, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette, Spalding	37 min
Jul 15, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Houston, Pulaski	45 min
Jul 15, 7:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether	42 min
Jul 15, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	34 min

Nearby

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.