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Heat Advisory 8, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 7, 202352 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this heat advisory at Aug 7, 2023, 3:16 AM EDT for 52 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Aug 7, 2023, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 7, 2023, 3:16 AM EDT (07:16 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 7, 2023, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 7, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

All 52 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:18 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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: 1439 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Aug 7, 3:03 AM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 3:03 AM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 9:23 PM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 6, 9:21 PM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 6, 9:36 PM EDT, 5 hours 40 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
Aug 6, 8:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	30 min
Aug 6, 8:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Stewart, Webster	52 min
Aug 6, 8:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	36 min
Aug 6, 8:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	33 min
Aug 6, 9:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	42 min
Aug 7, 1:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Dade	51 min
Aug 7, 1:42 PM EDT	Excessive Heat Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 16 more	6 hr
Aug 7, 1:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield	46 min
Aug 7, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	39 min
Aug 7, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Catoosa, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Walker, Whitfield	38 min
Aug 7, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson, Lumpkin	50 min
Aug 7, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth, Hall	42 min
Aug 7, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens, Union	45 min
Aug 7, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	39 min
Aug 7, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Towns, Union	51 min
Aug 7, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd	47 min
Aug 7, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	32 min
Aug 7, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Cobb, Forsyth, Hall, White	42 min
Aug 7, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	46 min
Aug 7, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee	40 min
Aug 7, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Lumpkin, Pickens, White	47 min
Aug 7, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Fannin, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White	43 min
Aug 7, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	30 min
Aug 7, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Jackson	29 min
Aug 7, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	26 min
Aug 7, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington, Wilkinson	25 min
Aug 7, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	31 min
Aug 7, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin and 1 more	42 min
Aug 7, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Jackson, Madison	40 min
Aug 7, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Polk	50 min
Aug 7, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson, Washington	29 min
Aug 7, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson, Polk	34 min
Aug 7, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall, White	34 min
Aug 7, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall	42 min
Aug 7, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett	39 min
Aug 7, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Paulding and 1 more	50 min
Aug 7, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	31 min
Aug 7, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	29 min
Aug 7, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall, Jackson, Madison	40 min
Aug 7, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Gwinnett	34 min
Aug 7, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Carroll, Haralson	32 min
Aug 7, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Paulding	45 min
Aug 7, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Jackson, Oconee, Walton	41 min
Aug 7, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	38 min
Aug 7, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson	21 min
Aug 7, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	35 min
Aug 7, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	33 min
Aug 7, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Rockdale, Walton	29 min
Aug 7, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Carroll, Douglas, Fulton	29 min
Aug 7, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	25 min
Aug 7, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton and 1 more	48 min
Aug 7, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale, Walton	46 min
Aug 7, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Spalding	30 min
Aug 7, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Clayton, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton and 1 more	38 min
Aug 7, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton	37 min
Aug 7, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	45 min
Aug 7, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Wilkes	44 min
Aug 7, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Meriwether, Newton and 3 more	35 min
Aug 7, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale	35 min
Aug 7, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington, Wilkinson	43 min
Aug 7, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Gwinnett, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale, Walton	38 min
Aug 7, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether	49 min
Aug 7, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	47 min
Aug 7, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	45 min
Aug 7, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Henry, Newton, Pike, Spalding	27 min
Aug 7, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	25 min
Aug 7, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson, Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson	38 min
Aug 7, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	35 min
Aug 7, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Putnam	50 min
Aug 7, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe and 1 more	46 min
Aug 7, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Monroe, Upson	41 min
Aug 7, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	38 min
Aug 7, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Warren	35 min
Aug 7, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	46 min
Aug 7, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington and 1 more	44 min
Aug 7, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Jones, Monroe	42 min
Aug 7, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson	40 min
Aug 7, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Johnson, Laurens	53 min
Aug 7, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Twiggs	31 min
Aug 7, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Jones, Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson	47 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.