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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 6, 2011Newton County, Rockdale County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2011, 1:30 PM EDT for Newton County, Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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 6, 2011, 1:30 PM EDT (17:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2011, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Newton County, GA, Rockdale County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 6, 7:30 AM EDT, 6 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 7:30 AM EDT, 6 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 9:57 AM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
957 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-071400-
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-
957 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.SYNOPSIS...
INCREASED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...STRONG INSTABILITY...AND
INTERACTIONS WITH UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MAKE THUNDERSTORMS
LIKELY TODAY ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
COULD BE VIGOROUS ENOUGH TO REACH SEVERE CRITERIA.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...DIME SIZE HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ANY STORMS THAT BECOME SEVERE WILL HAVE
GUSTY WINDS TO 60 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND QUARTER SIZE
HAIL. THE BEST LOCATION FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS...AND POSSIBLY
ISOLATED SEVERE...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA.

.DISCUSSION...
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WITH CAPE VALUES ABOVE
3000 J/KG...AND THE PRESENCE OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES ENTERING
THE PEACH STATE FROM THE NORTH...ALLOW FOR AN AFTERNOON AND
EVENING OF CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. THE DIURNAL HEATING TODAY
SHOULD HELP INITIATE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE
SEVERE...THIS AFTERNOON AND THE SURFACE TROUGH SITTING OVER NORTH
GEORGIA COULD ALLOW ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:30 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 8:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	43 min
Jul 5, 8:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	32 min
Jul 5, 8:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	41 min
Jul 5, 9:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	27 min
Jul 5, 10:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas, Paulding	28 min
Jul 5, 11:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	43 min
Jul 6, 2:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	27 min
Jul 6, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston, Peach	36 min
Jul 6, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	31 min
Jul 6, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	28 min
Jul 6, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	48 min
Jul 6, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	51 min
Jul 6, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	28 min
Jul 6, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Candler	33 min
Jul 6, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	31 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2011 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.