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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2022, 4:07 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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 8, 2022, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2022, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County DeKalb County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 683 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 8, 3:43 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 3:43 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 343 PM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .SHORT TERM /Rest of today through Tuesday Night/... Ongoing convection so far has only prompted a few SPS issuances, though with outflow boundary interaction there could be some aided updrafts that lead to other stronger development and cannot rule out a few severe again today. Coverage should decrease by about 10 pm. Any remnant moisture from precip this evening could focus patchy fog development overnight into Tuesday morning, though not expecting as much of a low level stratus deck as we have seen in recent mornings as fetch looks more SW with Bermuda ridge shifting more southward. Enhanced moisture field remains across the CWA for Tuesday along with decent SBCAPE near 2000-2500 J/kg so should have another day of mainly diurnally driven convection. Could see some strong storms to a few severe intensity again with same threats of strong to damaging wind, frequent lightning and locally heavy rain. Max temps Tuesday near to slightly below normal with much of the area reaching the upper 80s to low 90s. Baker && .LONG TERM /Wednesday through Monday/... No significant changes were made to the long term forecast. The Wednesday-through-Friday period will bring a transition from weak upper-level flow to meridional flow as the Short Range Ensemble Forecast (SREF) depicts a ridge building across the western two- thirds of the CWA while a trough digs across the Great Lakes region, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic. GEFS and EPS 500 mb heights and normalized anomalies indicate a fairly deep trough for this time of year, which should provide the upper-level support necessary for the front to make it through the majority of the CWA. Maintaining chance to likely PoPs on Wednesday and virtually area-wide likely PoPs on Thursday as a tropical airmass remains in place across the Southeast ahead of the approaching cold front. The lack of upper-level dynamics with the FROPA suggests a low threat for widespread severe storms, although strong to isolated severe storms will be possible given ample insolation-driven instability and colliding outflow boundaries. Gusty to damaging wind gusts, hail, frequent lightning, and heavy rainfall will all be potential threats with any strong to severe storms. Flash flooding will be possible with storms that are especially efficient rainfall-producers and/or are slow-moving or stationary. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are shaping up to be mainly dry across north GA as the front is progged to stall somewhere across central/southern GA. As a result, maintaining slight chance to chance PoPs through the weekend mainly across central GA where lingering moisture and convergence in the vicinity of the front will favor convection. Highs through the weekend will generally be in the 80s area-wide and lows will generally be in the 60s (with slightly cooler air across the higher terrain of far north GA). Martin && .AVIATION... 18Z Update... VFR conditions expected through period unless TSRA reduces vsbys or patchy fog and possible morning low stratus occurs. Chance or coverage of fog or low cigs looks too low at the moment to include but may need to be included in future updates. TSRA development should continue through this afternoon then decrease by 02z. Otherwise cu field near 3500 ft with lingering FEW/SCT cloud coverage overnight possibly near 4 kft and alto levels. Another active convection day Tuesday with similar trends as today and have prob30 for TSRA from 18-00z. Winds generally SW 4-6 kts during daytimes and light SW to calm tonight, though VRB gusts can be with any TSRA. //ATL Confidence...18Z Update... Medium on patchy fog/low cig potential Tuesday morning. High on all else. Baker && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 70 89 71 90 / 20 60 40 60 Atlanta 72 89 72 90 / 20 60 50 60 Blairsville 65 82 66 83 / 30 70 50 80 Cartersville 70 89 71 88 / 20 70 50 70 Columbus 72 91 72 93 / 20 60 40 50 Gainesville 70 87 70 88 / 30 60 50 70 Macon 71 92 71 93 / 20 50 40 40 Rome 73 90 72 90 / 30 70 50 80 Peachtree City 70 89 70 90 / 20 60 50 60 Vidalia 73 93 73 95 / 20 50 40 40 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...Baker LONG TERM....Martin AVIATION...Baker
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 11:34 AM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1134 AM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-091545- 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- 1134 AM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected through the afternoon and evening across north and central Georgia. Some storms could become strong and a few isolated severe storms cannot be ruled out with the main threats of strong to damaging winds, frequent lightning, and locally heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday... Scattered to numerous thunderstorms in the afternoons and evenings are expected each day through Thursday. As usual during the summer, any storm will have the potential to become strong to severe and be capable of producing gusty winds, frequent lightning, and locally heavy rainfall. Thunderstorm chances look to be confined mainly to central Georgia for Friday and then mainly far south central Georgia for the weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
407 PM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022
GAZ045-046-055-057-082030-
Rockdale GA-Clayton GA-DeKalb GA-Henry GA-
407 PM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Rockdale,
southern DeKalb, north central Henry and northeastern Clayton
Counties through 430 PM EDT...
At 407 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Snapfinger, or 9 miles
west of Conyers, moving northwest at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind, pea 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...
Atlanta, Decatur, Avondale Estates, Lithonia, Lakeview Estates,
Belvedere Park, Candler-Mcafee, Druid Hills, Belmont, Ellenwood,
Arabia Mountain, Redan, Hidden Valley Park, Panola Mountain State
Park, Panthersville, East Lake, Gresham Park, Snapfinger and
Kirkwood.
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 3378 8433 3377 8405 3375 8403 3376 8401
3359 8407 3360 8429
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 113DEG 5KT 3368 8418
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 8:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 9:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 10:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 10:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 10:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 10:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Fulton | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Sumter, Webster | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 32 min |
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