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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 22, 2020, 7:34 PM EDT for Banks County, Dawson County, Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 22, 2020, 7:34 PM EDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Banks County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Hall County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 324 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
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1225 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 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 22, 3:25 PM EDT, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 3:25 PM EDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1010 AM EDT Wed Jul 22 2020 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-231000- 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- 1010 AM EDT Wed Jul 22 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight... Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected over north and central Georgia this afternoon into tonight. A few storms will be strong to severe with strong to damaging winds, hail, frequent lightning and locally heavy rainfall. Thunderstorms are most likely over north Georgia. Heat indices of 100 to 105 can be expected for much of the area away from the mountains this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday... Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected across the area. A few storms may be strong to severe with gusty or damaging winds, frequent lightning, hail and locally heavy rainfall. Heat index values of 100 to 105 degrees can be expected over much of the area away from the mountains through the middle of next week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 22, 7:06 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
710 PM EDT WED JUL 22 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0638 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 WNW BUFORD DAM-LAKE L 34.16N 84.08W
07/22/2020 FORSYTH GA PUBLIC
TREE DOWN.
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC2000950
BAKERLocal storm report, Jul 22, 7:22 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
722 PM EDT WED JUL 22 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0648 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NNW LAKE LANIER ISLAN 34.21N 84.05W
07/22/2020 FORSYTH GA PUBLIC
35 FT TREE DOWN.
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC2000951
BAKERLocal storm report, Jul 22, 7:32 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
732 PM EDT WED JUL 22 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0705 PM TSTM WND GST 2 SSW AQUALAND PARK 34.18N 83.98W
07/22/2020 M63 MPH HALL GA PUBLIC
BOAT DOCK WEATHER STATION MEASURED 63 MPH WIND GUST.
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC2000952
BAKERSpecial weather statement, Jul 22, 7:34 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
734 PM EDT Wed Jul 22 2020
GAZ014>016-022>025-230000-
Hall GA-Banks GA-Jackson GA-Dawson GA-Forsyth GA-White GA-Lumpkin GA-
734 PM EDT Wed Jul 22 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HALL...BANKS...NORTHWESTERN
JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON...NORTHEASTERN FORSYTH...SOUTHERN WHITE
AND SOUTHEASTERN LUMPKIN COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...
At 733 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Mossy Creek to Chestatee...and moving northeast
at 15 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...up to penny sized hail...frequent
cloud to ground lightning 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
Gainesville, Cumming, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Dawsonville, Homer,
Flowery Branch, Oakwood, Lula, Maysville, Clermont, Gillsville,
Talmo, Dougherty, Candler, Coal Mountain, Mossy Creek, Matt,
Murrayville and Road Atlanta-Lanier Speedway.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3465 8366 3462 8364 3458 8364 3455 8362
3453 8363 3451 8367 3444 8362 3449 8354
3448 8347 3446 8340 3439 8338 3434 8339
3410 8388 3417 8406 3415 8409 3443 8421
3468 8365
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 217DEG 13KT 3451 8363 3430 8400
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...50MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 36 min |
| Jul 22, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Gordon | 23 min |
| Jul 22, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon, Murray | 30 min |
| Jul 22, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 37 min |
| Jul 22, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Union | 32 min |
| Jul 22, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 28 min |
| Jul 22, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 27 min |
| Jul 22, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly, Sumter, Webster | 37 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2020Every 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.