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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 19, 2024Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2024, 2:15 PM EDT for Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 19, 2024, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2024, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 583 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 834 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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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 Jul 19, 1:52 PM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 1:52 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 3:57 AM EDT, 10 hours 18 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
357 AM EDT Fri Jul 19 2024

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-200800-
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-
357 AM EDT Fri Jul 19 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight...

Scattered thunderstorms will occur in the region this afternoon
and evening. The strongest storms may produce frequent lighting,
wind gusts near 40 mph and bursts of heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday...

Scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms can be expected
through next Thursday. Severe weather is not expected at this
time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 19, 11:21 AM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 11:26 AM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 11:28 AM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1128 AM EDT Fri Jul 19 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0528 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     2 ESE Dallas            33.92N 84.81W
07/18/2024                   Paulding           GA   Emergency Mngr

            Powerlines down along Graham Rd near Colton
            Creek Rd.

&&

DL

Local storm report, Jul 19, 11:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1130 AM EDT Fri Jul 19 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0533 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Cross Roads             34.01N 84.76W
07/18/2024                   Paulding           GA   Emergency Mngr

            Powerlines down at intersection of Dallas
            Acworth Hwy and Hiram Acworth Hwy.

&&

DL

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:07 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
207 PM EDT Fri Jul 19 2024

GAZ023-191830-
Hall GA-
207 PM EDT Fri Jul 19 2024

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Hall County
through 230 PM EDT...

At 207 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Candler, or near
Gainesville, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Heavy rain.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially
         in poor drainage areas.

Locations impacted include...
Gainesville, Flowery Branch, Oakwood, Candler, Aqualand Park,
Chestnut Mountain, and Road Atlanta-Lanier Speedway.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.

&&

LAT...LON 3437 8381 3433 8370 3426 8366 3414 8380
      3411 8384 3420 8397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1807Z 233DEG 20KT 3421 8382

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:15 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
Jul 18, 8:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	34 min
Jul 18, 9:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	31 min
Jul 18, 10:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	28 min
Jul 19, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	23 min
Jul 19, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Ben Hill	32 min
Jul 19, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	37 min
Jul 19, 2:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Hall	3 hr
Jul 19, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	36 min
Jul 19, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	25 min
Jul 19, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock	31 min
Jul 19, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	30 min
Jul 19, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	28 min
Jul 19, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	28 min
Jul 19, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, DeKalb	27 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.