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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 3, 2023Bleckley County, Pulaski County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jan 3, 2023, 8:46 PM EST for Bleckley County, Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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: Jan 3, 2023, 8:46 PM EST (01:46 UTC)
Expired: Jan 3, 2023, 9:15 PM EST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

Counties Bleckley County, GA, Pulaski County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 301 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 336 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 Jan 3, 8:36 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 8:36 PM EST, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 8:02 PM EST, 44 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
802 PM EST Tue Jan 3 2023

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-041000-
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-
802 PM EST Tue Jan 3 2023

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight...

Thunderstorms will continue across portions of south central
Georgia through midnight. Along and south of a Columbus to Macon
to Swainsboro line...a few strong thunderstorms and an isolated
severe thunderstorm will be possible. The primary hazards from
storms will be damaging wind gusts, brief tornadoes and heavy
rainfall that could lead to localized flash flooding.

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

Showers and thunderstorms will continue across north and central
Georgia Wednesday morning and afternoon ahead of an advancing
cold front. Several storms could become strong to severe, capable
of producing damaging wind gusts, brief tornadoes, and frequent
lightning. Locally heavy rainfall could lead to localized flash
flooding and river flooding concerns.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not requested but spotters are encouraged
to submit reports of severe weather through the web by going to
weather.gov/atlanta. Please relay any information about observed
severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and
CDC guidelines.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 3, 7:12 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 3, 7:33 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 3, 7:51 PM EST, 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 3, 8:46 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
Jan 3, 7:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Jones	33 min
Jan 3, 7:28 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	32 min
Jan 3, 7:31 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	44 min
Jan 3, 7:33 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke	27 min
Jan 3, 7:51 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	24 min
Jan 3, 9:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	29 min
Jan 3, 9:40 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	35 min
Jan 3, 10:52 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	23 min
Jan 3, 11:17 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Taylor	28 min
Jan 3, 11:34 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	26 min
Jan 3, 11:44 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Crawford	31 min
Jan 4, 12:07 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	8 min
Jan 4, 12:24 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Fayette	36 min
Jan 4, 12:59 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	31 min
Jan 4, 1:42 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	33 min
Jan 4, 3:24 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Floyd, Gordon, Polk	96 min
Jan 4, 3:49 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Pickens	26 min
Jan 4, 4:05 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Haralson, Paulding	115 min
Jan 4, 4:25 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lumpkin	35 min
Jan 4, 4:32 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Troup	43 min
Jan 4, 4:51 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	9 min
Jan 4, 4:54 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	36 min
Jan 4, 5:14 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	31 min
Jan 4, 5:17 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether	28 min
Jan 4, 5:19 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	26 min
Jan 4, 5:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall	63 min
Jan 4, 5:32 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton	49 hr
Jan 4, 5:33 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee, Talbot	42 min
Jan 4, 5:37 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb	21 days
Jan 4, 5:37 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Henry and 4 more	23 min
Jan 4, 5:55 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth and 5 more	6 hr
Jan 4, 5:57 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Henry, Newton, Rockdale, Spalding	33 min
Jan 4, 6:05 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Paulding and 2 more	55 min
Jan 4, 6:12 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot, Upson	33 min
Jan 4, 6:24 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	21 days
Jan 4, 6:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Jackson, Madison	93 min
Jan 4, 6:29 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Fulton, Gwinnett	5 hr
Jan 4, 6:32 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart	28 min
Jan 4, 6:48 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	27 min
Jan 4, 6:48 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	27 min
Jan 4, 6:55 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	6 hr
Jan 4, 6:55 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Oconee	35 min
Jan 4, 7:05 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Marion, Schley, Taylor, Webster	25 min
Jan 4, 7:06 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Paulding and 2 more	54 min
Jan 4, 7:09 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	21 hr
Jan 4, 7:11 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gilmer	2 hr
Jan 4, 7:16 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Polk	21 days
Jan 4, 7:16 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	29 min
Jan 4, 7:19 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones, Monroe	26 min
Jan 4, 7:24 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Schley, Webster	36 min
Jan 4, 7:25 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	9 hr
Jan 4, 7:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	63 min
Jan 4, 7:38 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Bartow, Carroll, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Paulding and 1 more	5 hr
Jan 4, 7:43 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Clarke, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton	4 hr
Jan 4, 7:47 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Twiggs	28 min
Jan 4, 8:00 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly, Houston	30 min
Jan 4, 8:08 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Bartow	3 hr
Jan 4, 8:13 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilkes	11 min
Jan 4, 8:16 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Hancock, Taliaferro, Twiggs, Warren, Washington and 1 more	29 min
Jan 4, 8:25 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	110 min
Jan 4, 8:27 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	21 hr
Jan 4, 8:29 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb	2 hr
Jan 4, 8:32 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox	28 min
Jan 4, 8:35 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb	21 days
Jan 4, 8:49 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson, Washington	26 min
Jan 4, 8:53 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb	4 hr
Jan 4, 8:54 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Johnson, Laurens, Wilcox	36 min
Jan 4, 9:12 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington	33 min
Jan 4, 9:21 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Fulton	21 days
Jan 4, 9:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Emanuel, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Treutlen and 1 more	48 min
Jan 4, 9:53 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	82 min
Jan 4, 9:59 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Elbert, Madison, Oglethorpe	25 hr
Jan 4, 10:02 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	18 hr
Jan 4, 10:04 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett, Walton	21 days
Jan 4, 10:19 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Fulton	15 hr
Jan 4, 10:20 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb	21 days
Jan 4, 10:27 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	17 hr
Jan 4, 10:56 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cherokee	21 days
Jan 4, 11:42 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cherokee	11 hr
Jan 4, 11:46 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb	16 hr

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