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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 29, 2022Catoosa County, Walker County, Whitfield County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Nov 29, 2022, 7:07 PM EST for Catoosa County, Walker County, Whitfield 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: Nov 29, 2022, 7:07 PM EST (00:07 UTC)
Expired: Nov 29, 2022, 7:30 PM EST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

Counties Catoosa County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 436 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 584 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 Nov 29, 6:52 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 6:52 PM EST, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 29, 10:24 AM EST, 8 hours 43 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1024 AM EST Tue Nov 29 2022

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-301530-
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-
1024 AM EST Tue Nov 29 2022

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

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

A developing frontal system will move into West GA tonight.
Showers and thunderstorms are expected tonight with the greatest
threats being gusty winds, periods of heavy rain, and frequent
lightning strikes.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday...

The frontal boundary from tonight will continue moving south and
east through the state Wednesday. Showers and thunderstorms will
accompany this front and some storms may become strong to
severe with the biggest threats being gusty winds, periods of
heavy rain, and frequent lightning strikes. Although a very low
risk at this time, a brief tornado is also possible, mainly across
SW portions of the state.

More rain is expected by the weekend but no hazardous weather is
expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 29, 5:25 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 29, 5:49 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 29, 5:53 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 29, 6:29 PM EST, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 29, 6:38 PM EST, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 29, 7:07 PM EST, 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
Nov 29, 9:46 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd, Haralson, Polk	29 min
Nov 29, 10:44 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson, Polk	31 min
Nov 29, 11:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Paulding	33 min
Nov 30, 3:07 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Haralson	23 min
Nov 30, 3:28 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson, Heard	32 min
Nov 30, 3:46 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	29 min
Nov 30, 3:59 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton	31 min
Nov 30, 4:14 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Meriwether, Pike, Rockdale and 1 more	31 min
Nov 30, 4:36 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Morgan, Newton and 5 more	24 min
Nov 30, 5:09 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Troup, Upson	2 hr
Nov 30, 5:13 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Greene, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe and 3 more	2 hr
Nov 30, 5:44 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb	6 hr
Nov 30, 6:07 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Macon and 4 more	113 min
Nov 30, 6:15 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Taylor	2 hr
Nov 30, 6:41 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton	29 hr
Nov 30, 7:15 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	10 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.