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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 12, 2020Marion County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 12, 2020, 2:49 PM EDT for Marion 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
Aug 12, 2020, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2020, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Marion County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 12:00Z on 2020-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 477 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2020-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
477 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 Aug 12, 2:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 2:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
249 PM EDT Wed Aug 12 2020

.SHORT TERM /Tonight through Thursday Night/...
With todays main feature being a broad sfc low across the region and
marginal instability with already scattered diurnally driven
convection, the rest of the afternoon into overnight could have
additional outflow driven development. Greatest chance for some
strong to isolated severe will be this afternoon into evening with
strong to damaging winds and hail as main threats in addition to
locally heavy rainfall with little steering flow.

Upper low center is progged to advect slightly more eastward into
the TN Valley Thursday and increase some deep layer moisture across
the region (some PWATs could get near 2 inches), so have continued
to trend to likely pops for more numerous/widespread shower/storm
coverage. With little shear in the overall column and again marginal
CAPE values expected, should see some strong to isolated severe
again maximized by daytime heating followed by remnant outflows.

Max temps Thursday a few degrees cooler than today given expected
increased moisture/pops but still slightly above climo norms.

Baker

.LONG TERM /Friday through Wednesday/...
Unsettled weather will persist into the extended portion of the
forecast.

Upper level pattern remains active through the period. A longwave
trough sets up across the Gulf States and remains in place through
early next week. Several strong perturbations in the flow move
through the base of the trough, each with the potential to aid in
increasing the coverage of precip/storms. Models are progging a weak
boundary to set up across the CWA for much of the period. Waves of
low pressure will move east along the boundary, aided by the upper
level support from the numerous shortwaves aloft.

With the thicker cloud over and more widespread precipitation
forecast, temps near or slightly below normal are anticipated.

NListemaa

&&

.Aviation
18Z UPDATE...

VFR cigs in the 4-5 kft range with scattered SHRA/TSRA this
afternoon and possible MVFR vsbys with heavier precip. While
coverage should decrease this evening, something isolated could
trigger afterward into overnight. Patchy fog possible for Thursday
morning especially for areas with evening precip, but for now just
have MVFR vsbys for sites other than near KATL. Expecting slightly
earlier SHRA/TSRA start for Thursday with more widespread coverage.
Winds mainly on west side for near KATL then VRB with possible gusts
from storms and outflows. Looks calm to light VRB overnight then SW
4-6 kts for later Thursday.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE...
Medium on overall TSRA timing and early morning fog potential.
High on all else.

Baker

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Athens          72  92  71  87 /  30  70  60  70
Atlanta         73  92  72  86 /  40  70  70  70
Blairsville     67  85  67  79 /  30  70  50  70
Cartersville    72  92  72  87 /  30  70  60  70
Columbus        74  94  73  89 /  20  70  50  70
Gainesville     72  90  71  84 /  30  70  60  70
Macon           73  94  72  89 /  30  70  60  80
Rome            72  92  72  87 /  20  70  60  70
Peachtree City  72  92  71  86 /  30  70  70  70
Vidalia         74  92  74  91 /  30  70  50  80

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...Baker
LONG TERM....NListemaa
AVIATION...Baker
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 11:22 AM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1122 AM EDT Wed Aug 12 2020

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-131530-
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-
1122 AM EDT Wed Aug 12 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight...

Scattered thunderstorms are expected across north and central
Georgia this afternoon into tonight. A few storms will be strong
to severe with strong to damaging winds, frequent lightning, small
hail, and locally heavy rainfall.

Heat indices near 100 can be expected over central and portions
or north Georgia this afternoon. Those outside for prolonged
periods should make sure to take precautions from the heat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday...

Numerous to occasional thunderstorms are expected Thursday
through Saturday and scattered to numerous thunderstorms are
expected Sunday through Tuesday. A few storms will be strong to
severe with strong to damaging winds, frequent lightning, small hail,
and locally heavy rainfall.

Heat indices of 100 to 105 can be expected over portions of north
and central Georgia into the weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not requested but spotters are encouraged
to submit reports of severe weather through the web by going to
weather.gov/atlanta.  Please relay any information about observed severe
weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and CDC guidelines.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Pulaski39 min
Aug 11, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley31 min
Aug 11, 8:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox26 min
Aug 11, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox30 min
Aug 12, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk32 min
Aug 12, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson27 min
Aug 12, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas24 min
Aug 12, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson35 min
Aug 12, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge30 min
Aug 12, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Douglas, Haralson37 min
Aug 12, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen35 min
Aug 12, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley30 min
Aug 12, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard33 min
Aug 12, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge31 min
Aug 12, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach35 min
Aug 12, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas33 min
Aug 12, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen31 min
Aug 12, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley30 min
Aug 12, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston24 min
Aug 12, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton37 min
Aug 12, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor35 min
Aug 12, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield26 min
Aug 12, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon24 min
Aug 12, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach35 min
Aug 12, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery45 min
Aug 12, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette, Fulton45 min
Aug 12, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski28 min
Aug 12, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler41 min
Aug 12, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry23 min
Aug 12, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta37 min
Aug 12, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBen Hill35 min
Aug 12, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly29 min
Aug 12, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd28 min
Aug 12, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston38 min
Aug 12, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Whitfield32 min
Aug 12, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry30 min
Aug 12, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding28 min
Aug 12, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale27 min
Aug 12, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster25 min
Aug 12, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox24 min
Aug 12, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Lamar, Spalding49 min
Aug 12, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd24 min
Aug 12, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa33 min
Aug 12, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly32 min
Aug 12, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton, Rockdale31 min
Aug 12, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike23 min
Aug 12, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd29 min
Aug 12, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb27 min
Aug 12, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett36 min
Aug 12, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa30 min
Aug 12, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp28 min
Aug 12, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe26 min
Aug 12, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot, Upson25 min
Aug 12, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe36 min
Aug 12, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker38 min
Aug 12, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee30 min
Aug 12, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa28 min
Aug 12, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson33 min
Aug 12, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe27 min
Aug 12, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee35 min
Aug 12, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson32 min
Aug 12, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker23 min
Aug 12, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon28 min
Aug 12, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite10 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.