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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 7, 2020Taylor County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2020, 12:13 AM EDT for Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 7, 2020, 12:13 AM EDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2020, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
40

County Taylor County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 82 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2020-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 305 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2020-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
305 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

501 
WWUS82 KFFC 070413
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1213 AM EDT Fri Aug 7 2020
 
GAZ069-079>081-070445-
Taylor GA-Upson GA-Crawford GA-Talbot GA-
1213 AM EDT Fri Aug 7 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TAYLOR...SOUTHEASTERN UPSON...
WESTERN CRAWFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN TALBOT COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM
EDT...

At 1213 AM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Baldwinville to near Wesley Church to near
Butler...and moving northeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...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
Butler, Howard, Salem, Prattsburg, Wesley Church, Carsonville and
Fickling Mill.

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 3277 8442 3282 8417 3260 8409 3245 8426
      3257 8432 3257 8442
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 208DEG 17KT 3264 8440 3266 8427 3251 8421 

WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 8:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock19 min
Aug 6, 8:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Warren, Wilkes32 min
Aug 6, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock24 min
Aug 6, 11:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor28 min
Aug 7, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion56 min
Aug 7, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Jefferson, Johnson39 min
Aug 7, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Putnam36 min
Aug 7, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Johnson58 min
Aug 7, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan, Putnam52 min
Aug 7, 7:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCEmanuel5 hr
Aug 7, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow34 min
Aug 7, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee32 min
Aug 7, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes26 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.