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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 30, 2022Henry County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2022, 2:49 PM EDT for Henry County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 30, 2022, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2022, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Henry County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 43 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: 1594 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jul 30, 1:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 1:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 5:12 AM EDT, 9 hours 37 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
512 AM EDT Sat Jul 30 2022

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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-
512 AM EDT Sat Jul 30 2022

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

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

Widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon
and evening, some of which could become strong to severe. Strong
gusty winds, frequent lightning, and locally heavy rainfall will
be the primary hazards. Isolated flooding will be a concern where
heavy rains persist for prolonged periods of time.

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

Scattered thunderstorms are possible each afternoon and evening
across much of the forecast area through Friday, with the highest
chances across north Georgia this weekend. A few storms each day
could become strong to severe, capable of producing gusty winds,
frequent lightning, and locally heavy rainfall.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 2:49 PM EDT, 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
Jul 29, 8:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	24 min
Jul 29, 9:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	45 min
Jul 29, 10:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	29 min
Jul 29, 10:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	43 min
Jul 30, 1:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	35 min
Jul 30, 1:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb	35 min
Jul 30, 2:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walton	28 min
Jul 30, 2:26 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett	4 hr
Jul 30, 2:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry, Rockdale, Walton	29 min
Jul 30, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Rockdale	38 min
Jul 30, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Warren	35 min
Jul 30, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	28 min
Jul 30, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb	34 min
Jul 30, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	31 min
Jul 30, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	37 min
Jul 30, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	32 min
Jul 30, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett	44 min
Jul 30, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow	23 min
Jul 30, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe	40 min
Jul 30, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	30 min
Jul 30, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	23 min
Jul 30, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Madison	28 min
Jul 30, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	24 min
Jul 30, 6:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	38 min
Jul 30, 6:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd, Polk	6 hr

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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.