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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 3, 2020Emanuel County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2020, 7:21 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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
Aug 3, 2020, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2020, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
50

County Emanuel County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 211 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2020-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1287 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2020-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1287 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
762 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

501 
WWUS82 KFFC 032321
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
721 PM EDT Mon Aug 3 2020
 
GAZ086-098-032345-
Emanuel GA-Treutlen GA-
721 PM EDT Mon Aug 3 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN EMANUEL AND EASTERN
TREUTLEN COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

At 721 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Herndon to near Twin City to near Normantown...
and moving southeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind 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
Twin City, Stillmore, Oak Park, Garfield, Nunez, Canoochee, Lexsy and
George L Smith State Park.

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 3254 8203 3256 8208 3252 8215 3248 8218
      3242 8219 3235 8225 3232 8223 3229 8228
      3229 8235 3232 8236 3235 8241 3234 8246
      3257 8228 3281 8223 3280 8220 3281 8215
      3266 8208 3260 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 298DEG 22KT 3279 8217 3254 8223 3235 8238 

WIND...50MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 9:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite26 min
Aug 3, 6:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin36 min
Aug 3, 6:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd32 min
Aug 3, 7:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee26 min
Aug 3, 7:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding49 min
Aug 3, 7:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray48 min
Aug 3, 7:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow42 min
Aug 3, 7:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow32 min
Aug 3, 8:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens34 min
Aug 3, 11:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga26 min
Aug 3, 11:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga34 min
Aug 3, 11:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga17 min
Aug 3, 12:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Dade, Walker45 min
Aug 3, 12:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd, Gordon40 min
Aug 3, 12:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton29 min
Aug 3, 12:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson25 min
Aug 3, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon29 min
Aug 3, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Gordon40 min
Aug 3, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas, Paulding31 min
Aug 3, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns, Union28 min
Aug 3, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb26 min
Aug 3, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette38 min
Aug 3, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Gordon, Pickens51 min
Aug 3, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton44 min
Aug 3, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Gwinnett, Hall50 min
Aug 3, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Fulton23 min
Aug 3, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth, Hall34 min
Aug 3, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett, Rockdale, Walton42 min
Aug 3, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry31 min
Aug 3, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth44 min
Aug 3, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin34 min
Aug 3, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton30 min
Aug 3, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton25 min
Aug 3, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar36 min
Aug 3, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Oconee, Walton36 min
Aug 3, 3:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb3 hr
Aug 3, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee37 min
Aug 3, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee45 min
Aug 3, 4:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton3 hr
Aug 3, 4:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMuscogee3 hr
Aug 3, 4:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett3 hr
Aug 3, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones34 min
Aug 3, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison, Oglethorpe, Wilkes33 min
Aug 3, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Wilkinson28 min
Aug 3, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes26 min
Aug 3, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock25 min
Aug 3, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee52 min
Aug 3, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren57 min
Aug 3, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard56 min
Aug 3, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard38 min

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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.