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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 9, 2011Newton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 9, 2011, 4:37 PM EDT for Newton 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: Jun 9, 2011, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Newton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 55 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: 830 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1434 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 9, 2:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
221 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
HIGH PRESSURE HOLDING OVER THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH FRIDAY. HOWEVER A
LOW PRESSURE WAVE DEVELOPING OVER THE BAHAMAS AND DOWN TO CUBA COULD
BREAK DOWN THE RIDGE ON OUR EAST SIDE AS THIS SLIDES NORTHWARD. THE
NAM IS THE MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS WHILE THE GFS/ECMWF KEEP IT AS
AN OPEN WAVE WITH WEAK SURFACE PRESSURE. AT THIS POINT WILL GO WITH
THE GFS/ECMWF. OVER THE SHORT TERM THE DEEPEST MOISTURE HOLDS OVER
NORTH AND INTO WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THIS WILL BE THE LOCATION
FOR THE BEST CHANCE OF AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...ALTHOUGH
THE RISK IS LOW. PRECIPITATION THAT DOES FORM SHOULD DISSIPATE BY
MIDNIGHT EACH NIGHT. NO CHANGE IN AIRMASS...THEREFORE NO RELIEF FROM
THE HEAT THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY AND WILL STAY CLOSE TO
PERSISTENCE ON TEMPS...BOTH MAX AND MIN.

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
PATTERN CHANGE EARLY NEXT WEEK STILL ON TRACK. HOWEVER DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN GFS AND ECMWF AS FOR HOW LONG IT WILL LAST. GFS KEEPS THE
CWA IN A NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGHOUT THE WEEK WHILE THE ECMWF PUSHES
THE EASTERN TROUGH OVER THE ATLANTIC WITH ANOTHER RIDGE BUILDING
OVER THE EASTERN U.S. BY MID WEEK. AT THIS POINT DUE TO UNCERTAINTY
WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE LONG TERM.

&&

.CLIMATE...

RECORDS FOR 06-10

               MAX TEMPERATURE         MIN TEMPERATURE
  STATION      HIGH        LOW         HIGH        LOW
  -------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
   KAHN      99 1953     56 1913     74 1981     50 1977
                1926
                1911
   KATL      99 1953     56 1913     74 1898     48 1977
                                        1880
   KCSG      98 1993     75 1957     75 2010     60 1980
                1968                    1998
                1963                    1981
   KMCN      99 1993     58 1913     76 1981     50 1913
                1963
                1898

&&

.AVIATION...
18Z UPDATE...
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREDOMINATE THROUGH THE PERIOD.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MVFR VISIBILITIES ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 08Z AND
16Z. SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH
03Z WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION ACROSS CENTRAL THROUGH THIS SAME
PERIOD. WINDS WILL REMAIN VARIABLE IN DIRECTION THROUGH THIS
FORECAST PERIOD...GENERALLY 10KTS OR LESS OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION.
WEST TO NORTH TENDENCY THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME EASTERLY BY
FRIDAY MORNING.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE...
MEDIUM AT BEST...ESPECIALLY WINDS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          70  95  70  94 /  30  20  20  20
ATLANTA         72  93  72  92 /  30  20  20  20
BLAIRSVILLE     67  85  67  84 /  40  30  30  30
CARTERSVILLE    69  95  69  94 /  40  30  30  30
COLUMBUS        72  96  72  95 /  20  10  10  10
GAINESVILLE     71  92  71  91 /  40  30  30  30
MACON           69  95  69  94 /  20  10  10  10
ROME            67  95  67  94 /  40  30  30  30
PEACHTREE CITY  66  95  66  93 /  30  20  20  20
VIDALIA         68  95  68  94 /   5   0   5   0

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

17

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 3:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
313 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-101915-
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-
313 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STRONG STORMS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH
THIS EVENING.

.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...UP TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL...AND WINDS GUSTING TO
NEAR 40 MPH. THE BEST AREA FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NORTH
OF AN ATLANTA TO ATHENS LINE. THE BEST TIME FOR STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THROUGH 10 MPH THIS EVENING.

.DISCUSSION...
DAYTIME HEATING HAS ONCE AGAIN AIDED IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER STORMS HAVE
ALREADY PRODUCED UP TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF
NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE AND SLOWLY DRIFT
WEST AND SOUTH...HOWEVER AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES THE ACTIVITY
WILL WEAKEN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO
WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:11 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
411 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

GAZ089-090-092045-
411 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS
IN MUSCOGEE AND CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAND HILL...MOVING WEST AT 5
MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS MUSCOGEE AND CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE SOUTH COLUMBUS...FORT
BENNING/LAWSON ARMY AIR FIELD...BENNING PARK...BENNING HILLS...
CARTER ACRES...BATTLE PARK...CUSTER ROAD TERRACE AND SAND HILL. MOVE
TO A SAFE PLACE IF THE STORM THREATENS.

&&

LAT...LON 3236 8500 3236 8499 3241 8499 3242 8497
      3246 8500 3241 8476 3231 8478 3228 8493
      3232 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 093DEG 3KT 3235 8484

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:15 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
415 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

GAZ006-008-092045-
415 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN UNION AND FANNIN COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

AT 411 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MARGRET...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
UNION AND FANNIN COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MARGRET...DIAL...HURST...JONES CREEK...
MORGANTON...HEMP...LOVING...NOTTELY DAM AND IVY LOG. BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3499 8425 3499 8400 3471 8406 3472 8426
      3475 8427 3500 8428 3500 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 185DEG 16KT 3481 8416

Local storm report, Jun 9, 4:16 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
416 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011

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

0411 PM     HAIL             1 N FORSYTH             33.04N 83.94W
06/09/2011  E1.25 INCH       MONROE             GA   PUBLIC

&&

RGARCIA

Local storm report, Jun 9, 4:31 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
431 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011

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

0425 PM     HAIL             5 ESE MCDONOUGH         33.43N 84.07W
06/09/2011  E1.00 INCH       HENRY              GA   911 CALL CENTER

            HENRY COUNTY 911 RELAYED REPORTS OF QUARTER-SIZED HAIL
            NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GA HWY 81 AND UPCHURCH RD.

&&

RGARCIA

Local storm report, Jun 9, 4:36 PM EDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
436 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2011

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

0425 PM     HAIL             3 E MCDONOUGH           33.45N 84.09W
06/09/2011  E1.00 INCH       HENRY              GA   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER-SIZED HAIL AND SOME DOWNED TREE
            LIMBS. PATIO FURNITURE WAS ALSO BLOWN AROUND BY THE
            WINDS.

&&

RGARCIA

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:37 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
437 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

GAZ048-057-058-092100-
437 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 50 MPH
WINDS IN SOUTHERN NEWTON...NORTHERN BUTTS AND WESTERN HENRY COUNTIES
UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

AT 432 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED JUST SOUTH OF ROCKY PLAINS...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE NICKEL SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS NEWTON...BUTTS AND HENRY COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE ROCKY PLAINS AND
WORTHVILLE. IF THREATENED BY THIS STORM...MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3338 8394 3349 8399 3353 8387 3344 8383
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 064DEG 10KT 3346 8390

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 8:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jackson	36 min
Jun 9, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	44 min
Jun 9, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	51 min
Jun 9, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	41 min
Jun 9, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Forsyth	35 min
Jun 9, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson	38 min
Jun 9, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pickens	25 min
Jun 9, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	49 min
Jun 9, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	44 min
Jun 9, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	45 min
Jun 9, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	38 min
Jun 9, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin	41 min
Jun 9, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Union	21 min
Jun 9, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	30 min
Jun 9, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Monroe	26 min
Jun 9, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	36 min
Jun 9, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee	34 min
Jun 9, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Union	30 min
Jun 9, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Henry	28 min
Jun 9, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Walton	35 min
Jun 9, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	34 min
Jun 9, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	31 min
Jun 9, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade, Walker	27 min
Jun 9, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	26 min
Jun 9, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Newton, Rockdale	35 min
Jun 9, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Morgan	34 min
Jun 9, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	25 min
Jun 9, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	24 min
Jun 9, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	35 min
Jun 9, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	34 min
Jun 9, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	25 min
Jun 9, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	32 min
Jun 9, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether	25 min
Jun 9, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Oglethorpe	31 min
Jun 9, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	24 min
Jun 9, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	25 min
Jun 9, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	27 min
Jun 9, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	32 min
Jun 9, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	24 min
Jun 9, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Troup	33 min
Jun 9, 7:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	24 min
Jun 9, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	32 min
Jun 9, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Douglas	37 min
Jun 9, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Heard	35 min
Jun 9, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	26 min
Jun 9, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock	37 min

Nearby

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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.