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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 21, 2011Bleckley County, Pulaski County, Georgia

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2011-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 753 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2011-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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 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, Jun 21, 6:18 AM EDT, 13 hours 59 minutes before
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.

&&

AGIBBS
Special 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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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 8:07 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 8:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 8:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro38 min
Jun 21, 8:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock39 min
Jun 21, 8:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens49 min
Jun 21, 9:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson40 min
Jun 21, 9:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington41 min
Jun 21, 10:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson37 min
Jun 21, 11:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston51 min
Jun 22, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup41 min
Jun 22, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding34 min
Jun 22, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Chattahoochee, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Harris and 5 more33 min
Jun 22, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton and 4 more39 min
Jun 22, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and 4 more62 min
Jun 22, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Dawson45 min
Jun 22, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin34 min
Jun 22, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Monroe, Upson46 min
Jun 22, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson and 3 more54 min
Jun 22, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin, Union49 min
Jun 22, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Peach and 2 more38 min
Jun 22, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Clarke, Hall, Jackson, Madison, Oconee and 1 more38 min
Jun 22, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade27 min
Jun 22, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison, Oglethorpe40 min
Jun 22, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Haralson, Heard39 min
Jun 22, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson, Heard47 min
Jun 22, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson, Polk64 min
Jun 22, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Haralson, Polk43 min
Jun 22, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Douglas42 min
Jun 22, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Gordon, Pickens49 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011

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.