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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2020, 8:32 PM EDT for Douglas County, 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 15, 2020, 8:32 PM EDT (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2020, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 50
County Douglas County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 318 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 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 15, 8:06 PM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 8:06 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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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, 7:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
709 PM EDT Wed Jul 15 2020
GAZ071-072-082-152345-
Monroe GA-Bibb GA-Jones GA-
709 PM EDT Wed Jul 15 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN MONROE...NORTHWESTERN
BIBB AND SOUTHWESTERN JONES COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...
At 709 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Bolingbroke, or 10
miles northwest of Macon...moving west 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
Macon, Forsyth, Wesleyan, Bolingbroke, Arkwright, Dames Ferry, Plant
Scherer and Jarrell Plantation.
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 3302 8359 3286 8366 3287 8395 3303 8398
3313 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 109DEG 9KT 3295 8376
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...50MPHLocal storm report, Jul 15, 7:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
714 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0506 PM TSTM WND DMG DEXTER 32.43N 83.06W
07/15/2020 LAURENS GA 911 CALL CENTER
MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 358 AND HIGHWAY 257.
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC2000901
LREAVESSpecial weather statement, Jul 15, 7:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
723 PM EDT Wed Jul 15 2020
GAZ053>057-160000-
Fayette GA-Clayton GA-Coweta GA-Spalding GA-Henry GA-
723 PM EDT Wed Jul 15 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FAYETTE...SOUTHERN CLAYTON...
SOUTHEASTERN COWETA...SPALDING AND SOUTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTIES UNTIL
800 PM EDT...
At 723 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Woolsey, or 7 miles
southeast of Fayetteville...moving west at 15 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
Griffin, Fayetteville, Jonesboro, Peachtree City, Hampton, Lovejoy,
Senoia, Brooks, Haralson, Woolsey, Sunny Side, Starrs Mill, Inman,
Rover, Jw Smith Reservoir, Highland Mills, Experiment, Birdie, Vaughn
and Bonanza.
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 3354 8448 3347 8418 3319 8427 3320 8439
3321 8440 3321 8450 3322 8451 3322 8457
3339 8458
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 109DEG 12KT 3335 8439
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPHSpecial weather statement, Jul 15, 7:56 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Houston | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 9:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 38 min |
| Jul 16, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 29 min |
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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.