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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 8, 2022Pulaski County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2022, 2:17 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
Jul 8, 2022, 2:17 PM EDT (18:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2022, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Pulaski County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2022-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1660 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 2022-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
1660 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 8, 1:44 PM EDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 1:44 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 10:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1045 AM EDT Fri Jul 8 2022

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-091445-
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-
1045 AM EDT Fri Jul 8 2022

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

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

A Heat Advisory is in effect for all but the mountainous areas of
north Georgia. Widespread heat index values in the triple digits
are expected with several areas reaching values between 105 and
109. Please use caution when exercising or working outdoors and
take frequent breaks.

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms will be possible
again today into tonight. Some storms could be strong to severe
with the damaging wind gusts, frequent lightning, and brief period
of heavy rain.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday...

Heat Index values up to 105 will be possible again on Saturday
before less extreme conditions settle in next week.

Scattered thunderstorms will be possible each afternoon and
evening. Some storms could become strong to severe with damaging
winds, locally heavy rainfall, and frequent lightning.

.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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:33 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
217 PM EDT Fri Jul 8 2022

GAZ095-105-107-081845-
Dooly GA-Houston GA-Pulaski GA-
217 PM EDT Fri Jul 8 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Pulaski, northeastern Dooly and southeastern Houston Counties through
245 PM EDT...

At 217 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was near Elko, or 11 miles west
of Hawkinsville, moving east at 20 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...
Hawkinsville, Unadilla, Browndale, Wallace, Elko, Mock Springs,
Pulaski State Prison and Klondike.

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 3225 8376 3236 8375 3237 8346 3227 8345
      3219 8348
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 277DEG 17KT 3229 8366

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 8:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Putnam25 min
Jul 7, 8:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter23 min
Jul 7, 8:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston23 min
Jul 7, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones45 min
Jul 7, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Macon28 min
Jul 7, 9:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Jones25 min
Jul 7, 9:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Wilkinson28 min
Jul 7, 11:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard33 min
Jul 8, 4:20 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 82 more15 hr
Jul 8, 5:39 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett8 hr
Jul 8, 10:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox25 min
Jul 8, 11:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge26 min
Jul 8, 12:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson34 min
Jul 8, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb35 min
Jul 8, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb27 min
Jul 8, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar34 min
Jul 8, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts29 min
Jul 8, 2:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup24 min
Jul 8, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar36 min
Jul 8, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar37 min
Jul 8, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington36 min
Jul 8, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson33 min
Jul 8, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Taylor30 min
Jul 8, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson29 min
Jul 8, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Marion, Schley, Taylor28 min
Jul 8, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson24 min
Jul 8, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel33 min
Jul 8, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen29 min
Jul 8, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley34 min
Jul 8, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach30 min
Jul 8, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Treutlen29 min
Jul 8, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon34 min
Jul 8, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen28 min
Jul 8, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley, Sumter29 min
Jul 8, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Treutlen33 min
Jul 8, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox28 min
Jul 8, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair, Wheeler, Wilcox45 min
Jul 8, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart36 min
Jul 8, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJeff Davis32 min
Jul 8, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks25 min
Jul 8, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson33 min
Jul 8, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk36 min
Jul 8, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga37 min
Jul 8, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb25 min
Jul 8, 7:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade24 min
Jul 8, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin38 min
Jul 8, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker, Whitfield35 min
Jul 8, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth32 min
Jul 8, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion29 min
Jul 8, 7:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Union23 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.