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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 1, 2024Dodge County, Telfair County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2024, 12:03 AM EDT for Dodge County, Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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: Jul 1, 2024, 12:03 AM EDT (04:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2024, 12:30 AM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

Counties Dodge County, GA, Telfair County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 203 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: 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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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 Jun 30, 7:57 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 7:57 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 2:43 PM EDT, 9 hours 20 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
243 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2024

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-011845-
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-
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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:21 PM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
721 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2024

GAZ090-091-102-103-010000-
Chattahoochee GA-Stewart GA-Marion GA-Webster GA-
721 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2024

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Marion,
southeastern Chattahoochee, northeastern Stewart and central Webster
Counties through 800 PM EDT...

At 721 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was near Renfroe, or 9 miles
southeast of Cusseta, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind, frequent cloud to ground lightning and
         heavy rain.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
         light, unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
         street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.

Locations impacted include...
Preston, Richland, Seminole, Church Hill, Brooklyn, Renfroe, Manta,
and Zellobee.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

&&

LAT...LON 3210 8479 3227 8482 3234 8461 3209 8443
      3204 8457
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 324DEG 13KT 3223 8465

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:40 PM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:42 PM EDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:59 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 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
Jun 30, 9:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	39 min
Jun 30, 11:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	27 min
Jul 1, 12:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	31 min
Jul 1, 12:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler	28 min
Jul 1, 1:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens, Treutlen, Wheeler	34 min
Jul 1, 3:15 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 32 more	16 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2024 Every special weather statement in 2024

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.