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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 2, 2024Catoosa County, Dade County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 2, 2024, 10:56 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Dade County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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: Apr 2, 2024, 10:56 PM EDT (02:56 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2024, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

Counties Catoosa County, GA, Dade County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:58 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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: 86 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1399 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 Apr 2, 8:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 8:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 8:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
816 PM EDT Tue Apr 2 2024

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089>098-102>113-040030-
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-
816 PM EDT Tue Apr 2 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight...

A Tornado Watch is in effect for much of northwest and west
Georgia through 3 AM EDT. Showers and thunderstorms will increase
into the overnight hours, some of which are expected to become
severe. Damaging wind gusts, tornadoes, and large hail are
possible through early Wednesday morning before ending from west
to east.

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

Areas of frost are possible across portions of north Georgia
Thursday, Friday and Saturday mornings. The potential for frost is
highest north of the Interstate 20 corridor.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is requested for tonight. Please relay any
information about observed severe weather to the NWS.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 2, 9:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 2, 10:56 PM 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
Apr 2, 9:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Heard	44 min
Apr 2, 11:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Rockdale, Walton	41 min
Apr 2, 11:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Rockdale	20 min
Apr 3, 12:01 AM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FFC	Newton, Rockdale, Walton	26 min
Apr 3, 12:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Newton, Walton	18 min
Apr 3, 12:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe and 1 more	39 min
Apr 3, 12:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe	49 min
Apr 3, 12:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	50 min
Apr 3, 1:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton	46 min
Apr 3, 1:17 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett and 4 more	6 hr
Apr 3, 1:19 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Heard and 2 more	6 hr
Apr 3, 1:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether, Troup	47 min
Apr 3, 2:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Muscogee, Talbot, Upson	42 min
Apr 3, 2:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry, Newton	48 min
Apr 3, 2:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether, Pike, Spalding	45 min
Apr 3, 2:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Morgan, Newton, Walton	47 min
Apr 3, 2:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe	42 min
Apr 3, 2:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Houston, Macon, Marion and 3 more	40 min
Apr 3, 3:01 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes	44 min
Apr 3, 3:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon, Schley, Sumter, Webster	28 min
Apr 3, 3:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Houston, Macon, Peach and 3 more	50 min
Apr 3, 3:28 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Wilkes	29 min
Apr 3, 3:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Jones	39 min
Apr 3, 3:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	34 min
Apr 3, 3:42 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Houston, Laurens, Peach, Twiggs, Wilkinson	34 min
Apr 3, 3:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Pulaski and 1 more	43 min
Apr 3, 3:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Sumter, Webster	28 min
Apr 3, 3:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Hancock, Washington, Wilkinson	26 min
Apr 3, 4:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	18 min
Apr 3, 4:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson	40 min
Apr 3, 4:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	31 min
Apr 3, 4:44 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Sumter	24 min
Apr 3, 5:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	28 min
Apr 3, 5:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox	39 min
Apr 3, 5:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Laurens, Treutlen	26 min
Apr 3, 5:52 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler	23 min
Apr 3, 6:23 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Telfair, Wheeler	26 min
Apr 3, 7:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	29 min
Apr 3, 7:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	24 min
Apr 3, 8:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler	27 min
Apr 3, 8:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	23 min
Apr 3, 8:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	38 min
Apr 3, 11:58 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs	45 hr
Apr 3, 4:52 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Spalding	9 hr
Apr 3, 7:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Spalding	12 hr

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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.