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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 28, 2025Glascock County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2025, 2:39 PM EDT for Glascock County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 28, 2025, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2025, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 30

County Glascock County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:42 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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: 983 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 964 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 39 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 Jul 28, 1:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 1:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
239 PM EDT Mon Jul 28 2025

GAZ074-075-281915-
Washington GA-Glascock GA-
239 PM EDT Mon Jul 28 2025

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Glascock and northeastern Washington Counties through 315 PM EDT...

At 239 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Hamburg State Park, or
9 miles west of Gibson, moving southeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Frequent cloud to ground lightning and heavy rain.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. If you can
         hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by
         lightning. Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding
         especially in poor drainage areas.

Locations impacted include...
Gibson, Mitchell, Edge Hill, Edgehill, Hamburg State Park, Downs,
Agricola, and Warthen.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.  Electrical
appliances should not be used unless in an emergency. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

&&

LAT...LON 3317 8258 3316 8257 3312 8258 3312 8266
      3310 8264 3308 8264 3303 8260 3297 8266
      3316 8288 3320 8285 3320 8283 3324 8278
      3325 8275 3326 8275 3328 8267 3321 8253
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 307DEG 9KT 3321 8277

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Warren	34 min
Jul 28, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	33 min
Jul 28, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	35 min
Jul 28, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson	46 min
Jul 28, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	23 min
Jul 28, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	31 min
Jul 28, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wheeler	43 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.