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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2022, 3:09 PM EDT for Carroll County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 20, 2022, 3:09 PM EDT (19:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2022, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
County Carroll County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 539 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Aug 20, 2:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 2:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 304 PM EDT Sat Aug 20 2022 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-211915- 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- 304 PM EDT Sat Aug 20 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... Scattered thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and tonight, especially for portions of north Georgia. Storms will be capable of producing gusty winds, locally heavy rainfall, and frequent lightning. Isolated flash flooding cannot be ruled out where heavy rain occurs. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday... Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are possible through next Friday. Each day, a few storms could become strong to severe, capable of producing gusty winds, locally heavy rainfall, and frequent lightning. Localized flash flooding and flooding of rivers and streams will also be possible, especially in areas that receive multiple rounds of heavy rainfall over the period. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 3:09 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
309 PM EDT Sat Aug 20 2022
GAZ042-201945-
Carroll GA-
309 PM EDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Carroll
County through 345 PM EDT...
At 308 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Bowdon, or 11 miles
southwest of Carrollton, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 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...
Carrollton, Bowdon, Mount Zion, Roopville, Clem, Abilene, John Tanner
State Park, Lowell, Bowdon Junction, Tyus and Blackjack Mountain.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
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LAT...LON 3369 8511 3361 8496 3347 8499 3343 8522
3343 8529 3360 8533
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 249DEG 19KT 3351 8527
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 11:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 24 min |
| Aug 20, 12:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 37 min |
| Aug 20, 1:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 11 min |
| Aug 20, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield | 39 min |
| Aug 20, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 31 min |
| Aug 20, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 7:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 50 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.