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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 16, 2022Heard County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 16, 2022, 3:25 PM EDT for Heard County, 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
Mar 16, 2022, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 2022, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Heard County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 2022-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 111 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 2022-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 Mar 16, 1:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 1:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 16, 9:26 AM EDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
926 AM EDT Wed Mar 16 2022

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926 AM EDT Wed Mar 16 2022

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight...

Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected today.
A few of these could be strong to severe, generally along a line
from Atlanta to Athens and points south. Primary threats will be a
few damaging wind gusts with hail possible in the strongest
thunderstorms. An isolated tornado or two cannot be ruled out
primarily across far east central Georgia. This threat will come
to an end shortly after sunset.

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

Isolated to scattered storms are expected Friday. A few storms
could be strong to severe with hail, damaging winds, periods of
heavy rain, frequent lightning, and an isolated tornado or two
cannot be ruled out.

Another round of showers and thunderstorms can be expected
Tuesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Coweta25 min
Mar 16, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding44 min
Mar 16, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas28 min
Mar 16, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding48 min
Mar 16, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts46 min
Mar 16, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson29 min
Mar 16, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry, Spalding39 min
Mar 16, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding47 min
Mar 16, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar31 min
Mar 16, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton39 min
Mar 16, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts37 min
Mar 16, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington52 min
Mar 16, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Jones43 min
Mar 16, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington52 min
Mar 16, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan44 min
Mar 16, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam43 min
Mar 16, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones25 min
Mar 16, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones49 min
Mar 16, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Morgan44 min
Mar 16, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson42 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.