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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 24, 2020Treutlen County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 24, 2020, 9:21 PM EDT for Treutlen 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 24, 2020, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2020, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Treutlen County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 2020-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1026 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 00:00Z on 2020-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
1026 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

400 
WWUS82 KFFC 250121
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
921 PM EDT Mon Aug 24 2020
 
GAZ097-098-111-112-250145-
Wheeler GA-Treutlen GA-Montgomery GA-Laurens GA-
921 PM EDT Mon Aug 24 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN WHEELER...
SOUTHWESTERN TREUTLEN...NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND EASTERN LAURENS
COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM EDT...

At 921 PM EDT...National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorms over Barnhill, or near Soperton...moving north
at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...increased chance of a brief tornado. Heavy rain may also 
           cause temporary street flooding especially in poor 
           drainage areas.

  IMPACT...This storm has exhibited localized rotation. A brief 
           tornado could quickly form.

Some locations in the path of this storms include
Soperton, Orland, Rockledge, Barnhill, Lothair and Landsburg. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.

LAT...LON 3224 8260 3223 8269 3242 8278 3246 8268
      3245 8258
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 171DEG 16KT 3231 8265 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 8:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski23 min
Aug 24, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski25 min
Aug 24, 8:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair, Wheeler26 min
Aug 24, 9:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski27 min
Aug 24, 9:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler28 min
Aug 24, 9:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair34 min
Aug 24, 9:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen24 min
Aug 24, 9:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs37 min
Aug 24, 10:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs27 min
Aug 24, 11:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs28 min
Aug 24, 11:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs31 min
Aug 24, 11:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel33 min
Aug 25, 12:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel31 min
Aug 25, 2:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Wheeler32 min
Aug 25, 3:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler24 min
Aug 25, 8:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCPike, Spalding6 hr
Aug 25, 9:26 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Meriwether3 hr
Aug 25, 10:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Henry, Rockdale, Spalding4 hr
Aug 25, 10:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Gwinnett64 min
Aug 25, 12:10 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCSpalding3 hr
Aug 25, 12:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson31 min
Aug 25, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding34 min
Aug 25, 2:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCHaralson, Polk2 hr
Aug 25, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs23 min
Aug 25, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.