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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 6:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 6:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 7:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 7:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 49 min |
| Aug 3, 7:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 7:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 7:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 8:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 11:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 11:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 11:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 17 min |
| Aug 3, 12:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 12:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 12:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 12:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 1:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Paulding | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall | 50 min |
| Aug 3, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 23 min |
| Aug 3, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Hall | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Oconee, Walton | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 3:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 4:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Muscogee | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Wilkinson | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 52 min |
| Aug 3, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 38 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.