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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 1, 202438 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this heat advisory at Jul 1, 2024, 3:15 AM EDT for 38 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jul 1, 2024, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2024, 3:15 AM EDT (07:15 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 1, 2024, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 1, 2024, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 38 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Harris County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 291 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2024-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2480 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2024-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2480 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 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 Jun 30, 7:57 PM EDT, 7 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 7:57 PM EDT, 7 hours 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 2:43 PM EDT, 12 hours 32 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
243 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2024

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243 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2024

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

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

A heat advisory is in effect through 8pm today for heat indices
in excess of 105 for portions of central and eastern Georgia.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are again possible over north
and central Georgia. A few storms may become strong with locally
gusty winds, heavy rainfall, and frequent lightning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday...

Scattered thunderstorms are expected over much of the area each
day from Monday through next Saturday. Storms that develop will
be capable of producing lightning, heavy rain, and gusty winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 9:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson39 min
Jun 30, 11:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge27 min
Jul 1, 12:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Telfair27 min
Jul 1, 12:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge31 min
Jul 1, 12:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs, Wheeler28 min
Jul 1, 1:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens, Treutlen, Wheeler34 min

Nearby

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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.