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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 2, 2022Carroll County, Douglas County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jan 2, 2022, 4:39 AM EST for Carroll County, Douglas County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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: Jan 2, 2022, 4:39 AM EST (09:39 UTC)
Expired: Jan 2, 2022, 5:15 AM EST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

Counties Carroll County, GA, Douglas County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 227 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 965 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 362 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 462 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.6

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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 Jan 2, 4:06 AM EST, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 4:06 AM EST, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 11:40 PM EST, 4 hours 59 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1140 PM EST Sat Jan 1 2022

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-030445-
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-
1140 PM EST Sat Jan 1 2022

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight...

Gusty showers and thunderstorms will move across north Georgia
overnight through the early morning hours. Some of the storms
could become strong to severe. The primary threats will be
damaging wind gusts, periods of heavy rain, and isolated brief
tornadoes.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday...

Additional rounds of thunderstorms will continue across portions
of north and central Georgia on Sunday. Some of these storms may
be severe with damaging wind gusts, periods of heavy rain, and an
isolated brief tornado.

There is also a possibility for some mixed wintry precipitation
in far north Georgia late Sunday night into early Monday morning.
Stay tuned to the latest forecast throughout the weekend for more
details.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is requested for tonight and Sunday morning
across mainly north Georgia and west central Georgia.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 2, 1:35 AM EST, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 2, 2:18 AM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
218 AM EST SUN JAN 02 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0956 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 ESE MORGANVILLE       34.92N  85.42W
01/01/2022                   DADE               GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER LINE DOWNED AT SAGE DR AND SCENIC HWY

&&

CORRECTED EVENT TIME...LOCATION...REMARKS...SOURCE

EVENT NUMBER FFC2200010

KMM

Special weather statement, Jan 2, 2:59 AM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
259 AM EST Sun Jan 2 2022

GAZ008-014>016-020830-
Dawson GA-Union GA-White GA-Lumpkin GA-
259 AM EST Sun Jan 2 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Lumpkin, northwestern
White, northwestern Dawson and southern Union Counties through 330 AM
EST...

At 259 AM EST, a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from Margret to Sequoyah Lake, and moving east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind, frequent cloud to ground lightning and
         heavy rain.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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.

Locations impacted include...
Dahlonega, Helen, Suches, Unicoi State Park, Amicalola Falls State
Park, Robertstown, Woods Hole Shelter, Fausett Lake, Len Foote Hike
Inn, Anna Ruby Falls, Turners Corner, Gaddistown, Qualatchee Lake,
Camp Merrill, Whitley Gap Shelter, Camp Coleman Lake, Black Gap
Shelter, Hawk Mountain Shelter, Garland and Smithgall Woods
Conservation Are.

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 3479 8366 3449 8391 3453 8432 3457 8429
      3457 8426 3460 8425 3460 8422 3462 8420
      3461 8419 3462 8419 3472 8411 3473 8409
      3475 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 0759Z 266DEG 46KT 3473 8416 3453 8434

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Special weather statement, Jan 2, 4:06 AM EST, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 2, 4:30 AM EST, 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 2, 4:39 AM EST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 1, 9:08 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson	39 hr
Jan 1, 9:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker	44 min
Jan 1, 9:52 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dade, Walker	8 min
Jan 2, 1:35 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	25 min
Jan 2, 2:59 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lumpkin	31 min
Jan 2, 3:17 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dade	7 hr
Jan 2, 4:06 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Paulding	24 min
Jan 2, 4:09 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	FFC	Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb and 18 more	29 hr
Jan 2, 4:30 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	30 min
Jan 2, 4:59 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Jackson, Madison	31 min
Jan 2, 5:14 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton	31 min
Jan 2, 5:51 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	24 min
Jan 2, 6:11 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	34 min
Jan 2, 6:33 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Spalding	27 min
Jan 2, 6:36 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	24 min
Jan 2, 6:38 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether	37 min
Jan 2, 6:59 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Harris, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Pike and 2 more	46 min
Jan 2, 7:53 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones, Monroe	37 min
Jan 2, 9:47 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	11 hr
Jan 2, 12:54 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Whitfield	21 days
Jan 2, 1:50 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	25 min
Jan 2, 2:10 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	35 min
Jan 2, 2:59 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	31 min
Jan 2, 3:04 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	26 min
Jan 2, 3:41 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Pulaski	34 min
Jan 2, 3:55 PM EST	Wind Advisory	FFC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more	20 hr
Jan 2, 3:55 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Towns, Union and 1 more	17 hr
Jan 2, 4:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Wilcox	26 min
Jan 2, 4:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox	34 min
Jan 2, 4:45 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Wilcox	30 min
Jan 2, 5:05 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Laurens	40 min
Jan 2, 5:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler, Wilcox	16 min
Jan 2, 5:41 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	34 min

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Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2022 Every special weather statement in 2022

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.