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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 31, 2025Whitfield County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2025, 6:18 AM EDT for Whitfield 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

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The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2025, 6:18 AM EDT (10:18 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2025, 6:45 AM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Whitfield County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 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: 823 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 6.1

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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 Mar 31, 4:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 4:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 3:47 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 5:43 AM EDT, 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 6:18 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
618 AM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025

GAZ003>005-311045-
Whitfield GA-Catoosa GA-Murray GA-
618 AM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern
Catoosa, north central Murray and northeastern Whitfield Counties
through 645 AM EDT...

At 618 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Apison, or near
Ringgold, moving east at 40 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...
Cisco, Tennga, Cohutta, and Gregory.

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.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 PM EDT for
northwestern Georgia.

&&

LAT...LON 3499 8471 3492 8475 3496 8509 3499 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 1018Z 269DEG 33KT 3498 8503

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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 5:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	32 min
Mar 31, 9:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	46 min
Mar 31, 9:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	32 min
Mar 31, 10:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield	50 min
Mar 31, 11:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray	46 min
Mar 31, 11:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Haralson	26 min
Mar 31, 12:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton	42 min
Mar 31, 12:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot	51 min
Mar 31, 12:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Troup	34 min
Mar 31, 12:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Meriwether, Troup	47 min
Mar 31, 12:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer	27 min
Mar 31, 12:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Douglas, Fulton, Pickens	33 min
Mar 31, 12:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton	42 min
Mar 31, 12:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette	25 min
Mar 31, 12:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee, Talbot	37 min
Mar 31, 12:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson	46 min
Mar 31, 12:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Henry, Rockdale	7 min
Mar 31, 12:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Newton, Rockdale and 1 more	41 min
Mar 31, 12:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart, Webster	41 min
Mar 31, 1:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson, DeKalb, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Lumpkin	29 min
Mar 31, 1:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Henry, Newton, Rockdale	10 min
Mar 31, 1:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe	25 min
Mar 31, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Clarke, DeKalb, Greene, Henry, Jasper and 8 more	52 min
Mar 31, 1:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion, Schley, Taylor, Webster	31 min
Mar 31, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Jackson	34 min
Mar 31, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Monroe, Peach	29 min
Mar 31, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	30 min
Mar 31, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Peach and 2 more	40 min
Mar 31, 2:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jones, Morgan, Putnam and 3 more	51 min
Mar 31, 2:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Peach, Twiggs	30 min
Mar 31, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe	27 min
Mar 31, 2:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Madison, Oglethorpe, Wilkes	44 min
Mar 31, 2:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Twiggs, Wilkinson	13 min
Mar 31, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	28 min
Mar 31, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Johnson, Laurens, Pulaski, Twiggs and 2 more	44 min
Mar 31, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox	27 min
Mar 31, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Laurens, Pulaski, Wilcox	40 min
Mar 31, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen, Washington	49 min
Mar 31, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler and 1 more	51 min
Mar 31, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Treutlen	51 min
Mar 31, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Toombs	44 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.