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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 26, 2023Troup County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 26, 2023, 3:09 AM EDT for Troup 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: Mar 26, 2023, 3:09 AM EDT (07:09 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2023, 3:45 AM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 40

County Troup County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 60 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: 592 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1965 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.8

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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 Mar 26, 1:49 AM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 1:49 AM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 26, 12:26 AM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 25, 9:26 PM EDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 25, 10:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1015 PM EDT SAT MAR 25 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0710 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N BONANZA             33.49N 84.33W
03/25/2023                   CLAYTON            GA   PUBLIC

            3 TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN AT INTERSECTION
            OF DIXON INDUSTRIAL BLVD AND LAKE RIDGE
            COURT.

&&

Local storm report, Mar 25, 10:52 PM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1052 PM EDT SAT MAR 25 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1050 PM     HAIL             3 N LA CROSSE           32.22N 84.24W
03/25/2023  E1.25 INCH       SCHLEY             GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
            MANAGER ALONG HWY 228 NEAR LACROSS RD.

&&

KAL

Special weather statement, Mar 26, 3:09 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
309 AM EDT Sun Mar 26 2023

GAZ066-260745-
Troup GA-
309 AM EDT Sun Mar 26 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Troup County
through 345 AM EDT...

At 308 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Denson, or near
Lafayette, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph, nickel sized hail and frequent
         lightning.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
         light, unsecured objects. Lightning is one of nature's
         leading killers. If you can hear thunder, you are close
         enough to be struck by lightning.

Locations impacted include...
LaGrange, Piedmont Heights, Mountville, Cannonville, Big Springs,
Louise, Smiths Crossroad and Long Cane.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Electrical
appliances should not be used unless in an emergency.

&&

LAT...LON 3313 8486 3296 8486 3290 8519 3302 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 252DEG 35KT 3293 8532

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 25, 8:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	28 min
Mar 25, 9:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	34 min
Mar 26, 4:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Troup	64 min
Mar 26, 4:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	32 min
Mar 26, 4:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether	50 min
Mar 26, 5:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Heard	27 min
Mar 26, 5:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Spalding	51 min
Mar 26, 5:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lamar, Pike, Upson	47 min
Mar 26, 5:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Troup	38 min
Mar 26, 5:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	51 min
Mar 26, 5:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	8 min
Mar 26, 6:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Monroe	43 min
Mar 26, 6:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Spalding	40 min
Mar 26, 6:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Putnam	50 min
Mar 26, 6:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Meriwether, Troup	34 min
Mar 26, 6:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Troup	59 min
Mar 26, 6:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Putnam	12 min
Mar 26, 6:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding	52 min
Mar 26, 6:52 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Troup	38 min
Mar 26, 6:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Putnam	48 min
Mar 26, 7:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether	49 min
Mar 26, 7:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Spalding	32 min
Mar 26, 7:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether	35 min
Mar 26, 7:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Hancock, Washington	53 min
Mar 26, 7:41 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Hancock	34 min
Mar 26, 7:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Upson	30 min
Mar 26, 7:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	47 min
Mar 26, 8:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	44 min
Mar 26, 8:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts	40 min
Mar 26, 8:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington	45 min
Mar 26, 8:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	29 min
Mar 26, 8:31 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Pike, Upson	8 hr
Mar 26, 8:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Monroe, Pike	55 min
Mar 26, 8:56 AM EDT	Flood Watch	FFC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll and 55 more	29 hr
Mar 26, 9:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	47 min
Mar 26, 9:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	30 min
Mar 26, 9:35 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Putnam	6 hr
Mar 26, 9:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock, Warren	66 min
Mar 26, 9:47 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Pike, Troup	4 hr
Mar 26, 9:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock	32 min
Mar 26, 10:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson, Warren	26 min
Mar 26, 10:06 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Fayette, Spalding	56 hr
Mar 26, 10:26 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam, Warren	6 hr
Mar 26, 10:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Glascock	54 min
Mar 26, 11:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	33 min
Mar 26, 12:08 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Jones	42 hr
Mar 26, 2:52 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson	53 hr
Mar 26, 3:00 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson	6 days
Mar 26, 4:16 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs	4 days
Mar 26, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	39 min
Mar 26, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Stewart, Webster	45 min
Mar 26, 5:04 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Troup	51 hr
Mar 26, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Talbot	39 min
Mar 26, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	25 min
Mar 26, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Stewart, Webster	51 min
Mar 26, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Schley	30 min
Mar 26, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon, Schley	29 min
Mar 26, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	35 min
Mar 26, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Troup	41 min
Mar 26, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	25 min
Mar 26, 7:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Troup	38 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.