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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 3, 2024Glascock County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2024, 1:37 PM EDT for Glascock County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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: Aug 3, 2024, 1:37 PM EDT (17:37 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Glascock County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:40 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 189 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: 855 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 795 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 96 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 Aug 3, 7:33 AM EDT, 6 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 7:33 AM EDT, 6 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 5:29 AM EDT, 8 hours 8 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
529 AM EDT Sat Aug 3 2024

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-040930-
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-
529 AM EDT Sat Aug 3 2024

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

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

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon
and evening. A few storms may be strong to severe, capable of
producing damaging wind gusts, frequent lightning, and locally
heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday...

Scattered thunderstorms, mainly in the afternoon and evening, are
expected each day through Wednesday. A few storms each day could
become strong to severe, capable of producing damaging wind gusts,
frequent lightning, and locally heavy rainfall. Periods of heavy
rain can be expected across portions of central GA Monday and
Monday Night as the tropical system nears the area.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 1:30 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 1:37 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
Aug 2, 11:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	36 min
Aug 3, 3:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	31 min
Aug 3, 3:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	30 min
Aug 3, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	30 min
Aug 3, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock	33 min
Aug 3, 1:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford	31 min
Aug 3, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Peach	31 min
Aug 3, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock	26 min
Aug 3, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Jones	30 min
Aug 3, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion	26 min
Aug 3, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Jones	32 min
Aug 3, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion	30 min
Aug 3, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	29 min
Aug 3, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson	26 min
Aug 3, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	31 min
Aug 3, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly, Pulaski	36 min
Aug 3, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson, Washington	33 min
Aug 3, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	27 min
Aug 3, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson, Washington	29 min
Aug 3, 5:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Jefferson	2 hr
Aug 3, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	32 min
Aug 3, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	33 min
Aug 3, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson, Johnson, Washington	24 min
Aug 3, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Wilcox	40 min
Aug 3, 6:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	23 min
Aug 3, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson	48 min
Aug 3, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	30 min
Aug 3, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	30 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.