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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 10, 2024Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2024, 3:08 AM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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: Jun 10, 2024, 3:08 AM EDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2024, 3:45 AM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 50

County Washington County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:10 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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: 916 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

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The text

As transmitted.

549 
WWUS82 KFFC 100708
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
308 AM EDT Mon Jun 10 2024
 
GAZ061-073-074-100745-
Washington GA-Baldwin GA-Hancock GA-
308 AM EDT Mon Jun 10 2024

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern
Baldwin, southern Hancock and northwestern Washington Counties
through 345 AM EDT...

At 307 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Underwood, or 10 miles
northeast of Milledgeville, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind, up to penny sized hail and frequent 
         cloud to ground lightning.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of 
         light, unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Milledgeville, Sandersville, Hamburg State Park, Devereux, Beulah,
Warthen, Underwood, and Linton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3295 8276 3313 8323 3327 8315 3322 8274
      3321 8274 3321 8273 3320 8274 3318 8274
      3317 8272 3314 8270
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 284DEG 26KT 3317 8309 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 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
Jun 9, 9:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	30 min
Jun 9, 10:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	38 min
Jun 9, 11:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	25 min
Jun 10, 1:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd, Paulding	30 min
Jun 10, 2:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Henry	35 min
Jun 10, 2:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	32 min
Jun 10, 3:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry, Jasper	36 min
Jun 10, 3:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	32 min
Jun 10, 3:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	31 min
Jun 10, 3:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Jasper	29 min
Jun 10, 3:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	36 min
Jun 10, 4:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Butts, Jasper, Jones, Putnam	18 min
Jun 10, 4:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Jefferson, Washington	27 min
Jun 10, 4:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup	38 min
Jun 10, 4:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	33 min
Jun 10, 4:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Jefferson	27 min
Jun 10, 4:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether, Pike	31 min
Jun 10, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	26 min
Jun 10, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery	34 min
Jun 10, 2:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp	44 min
Jun 10, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler	39 min
Jun 10, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon	37 min
Jun 10, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	47 min
Jun 10, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Macon, Peach	46 min
Jun 10, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Houston, Macon, Pulaski	46 min
Jun 10, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	28 min
Jun 10, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Sumter	30 min
Jun 10, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	30 min
Jun 10, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox	28 min
Jun 10, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler, Wilcox	28 min
Jun 10, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Pulaski	33 min
Jun 10, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler	52 min
Jun 10, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler	30 min
Jun 10, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	38 min
Jun 10, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Treutlen	34 min
Jun 10, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	28 min
Jun 10, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	27 min
Jun 10, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	23 min
Jun 10, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly, Pulaski	32 min
Jun 10, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	14 min
Jun 10, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	14 min
Jun 10, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Pulaski	33 min
Jun 10, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Laurens	37 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.