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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 10, 2024, 8:12 PM EDT for 13 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 93 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 2024, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2024, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 93 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 9:00 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Yorkville, GA | *** 1 INJ *** Tree fell on a vehicle along the 2600 block of Yorkville Highway in Rockmart due to non-thunderstorm wind gusts associated with potential wake low. 1 injury reported. |
| Apr 10, 9:28 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 40 | 4 Sse Tallapoosa, GA | Mesonet station GA343 I-20 At Sr 100. |
| Apr 10, 9:55 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 43 | 4 E Yorkville, GA | AWOS station KPUJ Atlanta Paulding. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
280
WWUS82 KFFC 110012
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
812 PM EDT Wed Apr 10 2024
GAZ006>008-012>015-019>022-030>033-041>043-110145-
Dawson GA-Carroll GA-Forsyth GA-Paulding GA-Lumpkin GA-Gilmer GA-
Polk GA-North Fulton GA-Union GA-Douglas GA-Cobb GA-Haralson GA-
Cherokee GA-Gordon GA-Bartow GA-Pickens GA-Floyd GA-Fannin GA-
812 PM EDT Wed Apr 10 2024
...Strong gradient winds associated with the back edge of
precipitation band will continue through 945 PM EDT...
At 807 PM EDT, radar and surface observations indicated strong gusty
winds developing behind a storm system along a line extending from
near Blairsville to near Marietta to near the I-20 Welcome Center
west of Bremen. This area was moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Strong gusty winds up to 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Strong winds have developed behind a storm system. Expect
an increased potential for downed trees and powerlines,
along with blowing around of unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Atlanta, Marietta, Rome, Douglasville, Carrollton, Canton,
Cartersville, Calhoun, Dallas, Cedartown, Cumming, Dahlonega, Jasper,
Dawsonville, Ellijay, Buchanan, Mountain Park, City of South Fulton,
Sandy Springs, and Roswell.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.
&&
LAT...LON 3479 8380 3431 8406 3397 8432 3397 8435
3386 8440 3377 8451 3343 8522 3343 8529
3407 8541 3435 8502 3460 8478 3458 8465
3486 8457
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 293DEG 11KT 3474 8412 3391 8473 3362 8529
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 9:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Chattahoochee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb and 19 more | 86 min |
| Apr 10, 10:27 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 22 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.