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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 10, 20238 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2023, 6:45 AM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 10, 2023, 6:45 AM EDT (10:45 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2023, 7:15 AM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

Counties Carroll County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Heard County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:44 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 37 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: 719 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1325 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 Aug 10, 4:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 4:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 5:01 AM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
501 AM EDT Thu Aug 10 2023

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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-
501 AM EDT Thu Aug 10 2023

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight...

There is a Slight Risk (Level 2 of 5) for thunderstorms with
damaging winds in northeast Georgia through 8 AM this morning.
Then all of northern and central Georgia will have a marginal risk
for thunderstorms with damaging downburst winds this afternoon and
evening. Peak wind gusts with the strongest storms should be in
the 40 to 60 mph range today. Rain totals of 1 to 3 inches may
occur in the north Georgia mountains today. This could poss a
limited flooding threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday...

There is a Marginal Risk (Level 1 of 5) for thunderstorms with
damaging downburst winds along and south of Interstate 20 on
Friday.

Periods of thunderstorm activity will continue through next
Tuesday. The highest storm chances are expected on Friday, Monday
and Tuesday.

.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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 4:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 5:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 6:45 AM EDT, 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
Aug 9, 8:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Haralson, Heard	47 min
Aug 9, 9:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Troup	52 min
Aug 9, 9:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	35 min
Aug 9, 9:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Heard, Troup	48 min
Aug 9, 9:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris	35 min
Aug 9, 10:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee, Talbot	44 min
Aug 9, 10:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Troup	40 min
Aug 9, 10:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot	38 min
Aug 9, 11:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion, Schley, Talbot, Taylor	39 min
Aug 9, 11:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon, Schley, Taylor	40 min
Aug 10, 12:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Schley, Sumter	38 min
Aug 10, 12:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Macon	10 min
Aug 10, 4:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield	28 min
Aug 10, 5:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Polk	35 min
Aug 10, 7:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	23 min
Aug 10, 9:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	27 min
Aug 10, 9:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	29 min
Aug 10, 11:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	33 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.