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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2011, 8:17 PM EDT for Bleckley County, Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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 21, 2011, 8:17 PM EDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Pulaski County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 753 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2020 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 21, 7:40 PM EDT, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 7:40 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 618 AM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-221030- 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- 618 AM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT TO THE EAST TOWARD THE ATLANTIC TODAY. AS A RESULT...GEORGIA WILL HAVE AN INCREASE IN MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW THROUGH TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. .DISCUSSION... GEORGIA WILL COME UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERAL IMPULSES IN THE FLOW SHOULD MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS ALABAMA...GIVING THE FORECAST AREA A CHANCE FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INSTABILITY WILL BE MODERATE BUT ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 6:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 659 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011 GAZ061-074-212345- 659 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS IN WASHINGTON AND HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT... AT 654 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LINTON...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS WASHINGTON AND HANCOCK COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE DEEPSTEP...BEULAH...LINTON...HAMBURG STATE PARK AND WARTHEN. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3329 8281 3308 8271 3300 8300 3317 8308 TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 248DEG 6KT 3312 8294
Local storm report, Jun 21, 7:19 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
719 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0617 PM TSTM WND DMG SUMMERVILLE 34.48N 85.35W
06/21/2011 CHATTOOGA GA EMERGENCY MNGR
CHATTOOGA COUNTY EMA RELAYED A REPORT OF AT LEAST SIX
TREES DOWN IN THE THE COUNTY.
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AGIBBSSpecial weather statement, Jun 21, 7:25 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 725 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011 GAZ004>006-220015- 725 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN WHITFIELD... MURRAY AND FANNIN COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT... AT 720 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GREGORY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS WHITFIELD...MURRAY AND FANNIN COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE GREGORY...BEAVERDALE... COHUTTA...CISCO...TENNGA...COHUTTA WILDERNESS AND JONES MILL. && LAT...LON 3490 8447 3493 8499 3499 8494 3499 8444 TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 253DEG 34KT 3496 8474
Local storm report, Jun 21, 7:33 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 49 min |
| Jun 21, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 10:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Jun 21, 11:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Chattahoochee, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Harris and 5 more | 33 min |
| Jun 22, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton and 4 more | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and 4 more | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe, Upson | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson and 3 more | 54 min |
| Jun 22, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, Union | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Peach and 2 more | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Clarke, Hall, Jackson, Madison, Oconee and 1 more | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison, Oglethorpe | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Heard | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Heard | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Gordon, Pickens | 49 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.