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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2022, 7:20 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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
- Aug 6, 2022, 7:20 PM EDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2022, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 50
County Chattooga County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 1435 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 956 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
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
076
WWUS82 KFFC 062320
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
720 PM EDT Sat Aug 6 2022
GAZ011-019-062345-
Chattooga GA-Floyd GA-
720 PM EDT Sat Aug 6 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Floyd
and northeastern Chattooga Counties through 745 PM EDT...
At 720 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Tidings, or near
Summerville, moving southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind, up to penny sized hail and frequent
cloud to ground lightning.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light, unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Rome, Tidings, Armuchee and James H. Floyd State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 3457 8526 3447 8509 3446 8509 3446 8511
3445 8510 3444 8510 3434 8519 3442 8537
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 301DEG 7KT 3446 8524
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 27 min |
| Aug 5, 8:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Talbot | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 36 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.