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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jan 9, 2022, 6:40 PM EST for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 9, 2022, 6:40 PM EST (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2022, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Baldwin County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 461 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 514 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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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 9, 2:25 PM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 2:25 PM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 225 PM EST Sun Jan 9 2022 .SHORT TERM /Tonight through Monday Night/... Active weather day ahead for the CWA as frontal system continues to trek across the SE, with ongoing showers across portions of NW GA. Another battle in store in the saga that is the wedge vs warm front, with the warm front situated on a line from Newnan to Covington over to Gibson. South of this line, temps are moderate in the mid 60s-low 70s, with Tds in the upper 50s. Although lacking in SBCAPE, still have marginal MU/MLCAPE across portions of west Central Georgia. Although not expecting a widespread severe weather event, given the instability and slightly increased SRH and Bulk shear in place, in agreement with what SPC has outlined for east-central GA with a Marginal Risk of severe storms with 2% Tor risk. This risk area could expand if WAA increases rich Gulf moisture flow and spreads more northward. Shifting to N GA, QPF values have decreased ever so slightly, down to around 1.0", before tapering off to around 0.50" or less for much of central GA. Given the already saturated soils from previous events and PWATS approaching the climatological max moving average for January, a Marginal risk for Excessive Rainfall was introduced for much of N and NW GA. Given orientation of flow and already ongoing showers across the area, will need to continue to monitor for potential flash flood risk. Morgan .LONG TERM /Tuesday through Sunday/... Dry and cool conditions will prevail Tuesday ahead of an approaching shortwave that will likely just increase clouds across the area on Wednesday (at this time, no precip). Following this wave passing by, dry weather will continue toward the end of the work week with temperatures rebounding back to near, or slightly above normal ahead of the next system that is poised to affect the area by the weekend. With this next weekend's system, medium range models are in decent agreement on timing (NBM appears a little quicker than raw GFS or ECMWF soln/s). The 12z/09 Euro appears deeper with upr low digging across the Lower MS River Valley Saturday, perhaps trapping enough cold air across the higher elevations of north GA where a RA/SN mix could occur. Something to watch at this point given its proximity to the current day. No other major changes from the previous "extended" forecast. DJN.83 && .AVIATION... 18Z Update... Mostly low-end MVFR around metro TAF sites with -RA moving across northern metro TAF sites at this time, expecting this trend to continue, encroaching on KATL with a wind shift to the SW around 20z. -TSRA possible this evening between 23-03z for KATL as frontal system approaches the area with another wind shift to the NW by 04z. Cigs should drop to IFR around 00-03z, before slowly improving to MVFR around 05z, then going VFR by 08-10z. Gusts up to 20kts from the NW possible at 05z through the rest of the TAF period. //ATL Confidence...18Z Update... Medium confidence on all elements Morgan && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 41 54 28 47 / 80 0 0 0 Atlanta 35 49 28 47 / 80 0 0 0 Blairsville 28 44 21 45 / 80 0 0 0 Cartersville 31 47 25 47 / 80 0 0 0 Columbus 41 55 30 52 / 80 0 0 0 Gainesville 36 50 28 46 / 80 0 0 0 Macon 46 56 30 52 / 80 5 0 0 Rome 32 49 26 48 / 70 0 0 0 Peachtree City 35 51 27 48 / 80 0 0 0 Vidalia 52 58 33 52 / 60 20 0 0 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...Morgan LONG TERM....DJN.83 AVIATION...Morgan
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 9, 11:25 AM EST, 7 hours 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...Updated National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1125 AM EST Sun Jan 9 2022 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-101000- 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- 1125 AM EST Sun Jan 9 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight... Showers and a few thunderstorms will push across north and central Georgia through this evening. The overall threat for severe weather is low, but a few stronger storms will be possible later this afternoon into the evening, especially south of I-20. Heavy rain and brief gusty to strong winds will be the primary threats. Any threat for severe weather will end after midnight across central Georgia. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday... No other hazardous weather is expected the rest of the week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 9, 5:11 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jan 9, 3:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 34 min |
| Jan 9, 4:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Troup | 36 min |
| Jan 9, 4:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Gwinnett | 31 min |
| Jan 9, 4:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette, Harris, Henry, Meriwether, Spalding | 26 min |
| Jan 9, 5:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Lamar, Newton, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding and 2 more | 34 min |
| Jan 9, 5:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Butts, Crawford, Jasper, Jones, Monroe and 2 more | 24 min |
| Jan 9, 5:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Putnam | 34 min |
| Jan 9, 6:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Peach | 37 min |
| Jan 9, 6:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro | 34 min |
| Jan 9, 6:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Peach, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 32 min |
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