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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 5, 2013Cherokee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 5, 2013, 4:14 PM EST for Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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: Mar 5, 2013, 4:14 PM EST (21:14 UTC)
Expired: Mar 5, 2013, 4:45 PM EST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Cherokee County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 104 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 364 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 349 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 Mar 5, 2:44 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 2:44 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
244 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

...SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND
EARLY WEDNESDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...

STORMS BEGINNING TO BECOME MORE ORGANIZED TO THE WEST...AT LEAST
FROM A LINEAR PERSPECTIVE WITH INTERMITTENT THUNDER FROM CENTRAL
TENNESSEE THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AT THIS HOUR. LATEST RAP
ANALYSIS SHOWS CAPES INCREASING TO AROUND 500 J/KG OVER CENTRAL
ALABAMA AND OF MAIN CONCERN AT THIS POINT IS EARLIER PARTIAL
CLEARING THAT TOOK PLACE LOCALLY THAT HAS ALLOWED TEMPS TO
APPROACH THE 70 DEGREE MARK. COULD BE THAT THESE INCREASED TEMPS
ALONG WITH CONTINUED RELATIVELY FRY MID LEVELS WILL ACT TO INHIBIT
STORM DEVELOPMENT INITIALLY BUT FEEL LARGER SALE FORCING WILL
EVENTUALLY TAKE OVER AND ALLOW FOR MORE ROBUST CONVECTION LATER
THIS AFTERNOON.

SHEAR WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM WITH 50 TO 60 KTS OF BULK EFFECTIVE
SHEAR AND 300 TO 350 M2/S2 OF 0-1KM SRH. HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN MORE
SPEED SHEAR THAN DIRECTIONAL OWING TO A STORM MODE MORE LINEAR AND
MORE FAVORABLE FOR WINDS AND HAIL THUS FAR WITH SEVERAL HAIL
REPORTS ALREADY UPSTREAM. ALL THAT SAID...EXPECT A MIXED BAG WITH
WIND AND HAIL THE MOST LIKELY AND ISOLATED TORNADO POSSIBLE WITH
STP PROGGED TO INCREASE TO 3 TO 4 THROUGH EARLY EVENING. HAVE
INITIALIZED GRIDS WITH SEVERE WORDING AND HIGHLIGHTED WELL IN HWO
AS WELL AS GRAPHICAST ADVERTISEMENT OF TIMING AND IMPACTS.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT STRONG WINDS WILL BE PRESENT IN THE
GRADIENT ENVIRONMENT EVEN OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION AND HAVE A WIND
ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

ATTENTION TURNS QUICKLY TO A DEVELOPING WINTER SCENARIO FOR
NORTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT. STRONG CLOSED UPPER LOW PUSHES INTO THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY AFTER 00Z. ALTHOUGH BEST MOISTURE PROFILE REMAINS
NORTH...FORCING IS STRONG AFTER 03Z AND PERSISTS THROUGH 17Z WED.
SREF OF COURSE IS MOST BULLISH ON AMOUNTS WITH WIDESPREAD 2 WHILE
BUFR SOUNDINGS ARE MORE MODEST AT A HALF AND INCH TO AN INCH.
REGARDLESS LOOKS TO BE AN INCONVENIENCE FOR MORNING COMMUTE AND
WORTHY OF AN ADVISORY. INDICATING ISOLATED 2 INCHES IN THE HIGHEST
ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS.

DEESE

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...STILL SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENCES IN GFS AND EURO AND BECAUSE OF UNCERTAINTY...NO
CHANGES PLANNED FOR THIS CYCLE.

20

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 230 AM EST TUE MAR 5 2013/

LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WITH THE SYSTEM IN THE SHORT TERM SHOULD HAVE
ALREADY EXITED THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT IT WILL BE ANOTHER
COLD NIGHT ACROSS THE CWA. WITH CURRENT FORECAST A FREEZE WARNING
MAY BE NEEDED FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA. RIDGING
WILL BUILD INTO THE CWA ON THURSDAY AND DOMINATE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. AS THE RIDGE STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE AREA...THE INITIAL
COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL WARM FOR THE WEEKEND...GIVING US A FEW DAYS
REPRIEVE FROM THE RECENT FRIGID TEMPERATURES. SHOULD WARM UP INTO
THE 60S SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF CWA HAVING
THE POTENTIAL TO SEE THE LOW 70S ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL PUT US CLOSE
TO CLIMATOLOGY FOR HIGHS OVER THE WEEKEND.

NEXT RAIN EVENT ISNT UNTIL LATE IN THE LONG TERM OR JUST BEYOND THE
END OF IT. GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN POOR AGREEMENT WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM.
GFS BRINGS THE SFC LOW INTO THE TN VALLEY SUNDAY NIGHT AND BRINGS
THE RAIN CHANCES BACK TO THE CWA. IT THEN PUSHES THE FRONT THROUGH
ON MONDAY AND STALLS IT ACROSS SOUTHERN GA MONDAY NIGHT. 00Z ECMWF
IS A LITTLE MORE IN LINE THAN THE 12Z ECMWF...BUT STILL SLOWER THAN
THE GFS AS THE ECMWF DOESNT BRING RAIN INTO THE CWA UNTIL MONDAY
NIGHT. PATTERN IN GFS LOOKS MORE REALISTIC SO FORECAST TAKES THE
GFS SOLUTION...BUT CONFIDENCE WITH THE TIMING OF THIS NEXT SYSTEM
IS VERY LOW.

11

FIRE WEATHER...
FUELS ARE DRY ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. WINDS WILL
BE GUSTY TODAY AND ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE 15 MPH CRITERIA
ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. WOULD NORMALLY ISSUE A FIRE DANGER
STATEMENT BUT BECAUSE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN BEFORE THE WINDS
START REACHING THIS CRITERIA...WILL NOT ISSUE A FIRE DANGER
STATEMENT.

&&

AVIATION...
18Z UPDATE...
PRECIPITATION ARRIVAL HAS BEEN DELAYED WITH LATEST SHORT TERM
MODELS NOW SHOWING BEST TIMES BETWEEN 20Z AND 00Z WED.
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND EXPECT
THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE TO INCREASE SLIGHTLY AS IT ENTERS THE LOCAL
AIRSPACE. FOR THIS REASON...HAVE ADDED TEMPO FOR TSRA FOR
AFOREMENTIONED TIMEFRAME. PRECIP CLEARS BUT SHOULD SEE VFR WITH
POTENTIAL FOR MVFR CIGS TO STICK AROUND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
WINDS WILL BE AN ISSUE THROUGH THE ENTIRE TAF PERIOD WITH GUSTS TO
35KTS LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE...
MEDIUM ON TSRA POTENTIAL AND TIMING.
HIGH ON REMAINING ELEMENTS.

DEESE

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          34  51  30  61 /  70   5   5   0
ATLANTA         31  47  31  58 /  50  10   0   0
BLAIRSVILLE     31  40  29  52 /  70  60  10   0
CARTERSVILLE    32  47  30  56 /  50  20   5   0
COLUMBUS        35  53  32  62 /  40   5   0   0
GAINESVILLE     32  45  32  56 /  70  10   5   0
MACON           37  53  31  63 /  40   5   0   0
ROME            32  47  30  57 /  40  20   5   0
PEACHTREE CITY  33  50  28  58 /  40   5   0   0
VIDALIA         41  57  37  63 /  30   0   0   0

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
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.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: DAWSON...FANNIN...GILMER...
LUMPKIN...MURRAY...PICKENS...TOWNS...UNION...WHITE.

&&

SHORT TERM...DEESE
LONG TERM....20
AVIATION...DEESE

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 10:37 AM EST, 5 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1037 AM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-061545-
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-
1037 AM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...
...CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS FAR NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY...

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL
AND NORTH GEORGIA...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING DAMAGING WIND AND
HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

LATER TONIGHT...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS FAR NORTH GEORGIA...LASTING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN
GENERAL...A HALF OF AN INCH TO AN INCH OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS
POSSIBLE NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHATSWORTH TO JASPER...DAWSONVILLE...
DAHLONEGA AND CLEVELAND...WITH UP TO 2 INCHES AT THE HIGHEST
ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. A HALF INCH OR LESS OF
SNOW IS POSSIBLE NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROME TO GAINESVILLE.

DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY
BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. INSTABILITY WITH THIS
SYSTEM IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED...BUT WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA. WITH A GOOD AMOUNT OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND MODERATE
LOW LEVEL SHEAR...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN
THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL...BUT THERE IS ENOUGH LOW
LEVEL SHEAR FOR POSSIBLE ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE BEST TIMING FOR
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFTER NOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING.

AS THE COLD FRONT EXITS THE REGION TONIGHT...MOISTURE ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES...BRINGING THE
CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS TO FAR NORTH GEORGIA....GENERALLY NORTH OF A
LINE FROM ROME TO GAINESVILLE. BY MIDNIGHT...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
TRANSITION TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX AND THEN TO MOSTLY SNOW BEFORE
SUNRISE. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS THE FAR NORTH LATE TONIGHT
AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...ALONG WITH WET ROADWAYS...SOME ROADS MAY BECOME
SLICK AND DANGEROUS LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. PLEASE SEE
OUR WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY /WSWFFC/ FOR MORE DETAILS.

FINALLY...A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
REGION TODAY WILL BRING WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS
35 TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD
TOPPLE WEAK OR DROUGHT STRESSED TREES. PLEASE SEE OUR WIND ADVISORY
/NPWFFC/ FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

DISCUSSION...
THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE FROM AN EXITING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
CONTINUE THE CHANCE FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED FLURRIES OR SNOW
SHOWERS ACROSS FAR NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH MID DAY ON WEDNESDAY. IN
ADDITION...WITH THE TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THIS
SYSTEM...WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS
35 TO 40 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD TOPPLE WEAK OR DROUGHT STRESSED
TREES. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND A
FREEZE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER 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, Mar 5, 4:07 PM EST, 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
407 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

GAZ007-052130-
407 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN SOUTHERN GILMER
COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM EST...

AT 405 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES WEST OF ELLIJAY TO 3 MILES WEST
OF ROUNDTOP...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS GILMER
COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EST. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS
INCLUDE TAILS CREEK...EAST ELLIJAY...ELLIJAY...ROUNDTOP...TALONA...
CARTECAY...ROY AND MARION.

&&

LAT...LON 3469 8425 3467 8425 3465 8423 3455 8437
      3455 8447 3456 8447 3455 8448 3456 8450
      3456 8452 3456 8465 3467 8465 3470 8462
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 265DEG 47KT 3470 8452 3459 8468

Local storm report, Mar 5, 4:08 PM EST, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
408 PM EST TUE MAR 05 2013

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

0255 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FORT OGLETHORPE         34.95N 85.26W
03/05/2013                   CATOOSA            GA   911 CALL CENTER

            911 CENTER REPORTED A FEW TREES DOWN IN THE NORTH END OF
            THE COUNTY.

&&

KFRANTZ

Local storm report, Mar 5, 4:12 PM EST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
412 PM EST TUE MAR 05 2013

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

0336 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 NE DALTON             34.83N 84.90W
03/05/2013                   WHITFIELD          GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A HOME ON MITCHELL BRIDGE ROAD RECEIVED DAMAGE FROM
            FALLING TREES.

&&

GWETZEL

Special weather statement, Mar 5, 4:12 PM EST, 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
412 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

GAZ042-044-052>054-066-067-052145-
412 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN TROUP...
MERIWETHER...CARROLL...COWETA...FAYETTE...HEARD AND FULTON COUNTIES
UNTIL 445 PM EST...

AT 411 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CLEM TO 9 MILES WEST OF STATE LINE PARK...
MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3362 8505 3365 8490 3358 8490 3358 8481
      3363 8475 3362 8474 3366 8466 3368 8465
      3370 8446 3366 8436 3364 8446 3355 8446
      3354 8444 3303 8478 3298 8522 3330 8528
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 261DEG 50KT 3357 8499 3329 8518
          3303 8534

Local storm report, Mar 5, 4:14 PM EST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
414 PM EST TUE MAR 05 2013

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

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 ESE ROSSVILLE         34.97N 85.25W
03/05/2013                   CATOOSA            GA   911 CALL CENTER

            911 CENTER REPORTED ONE TREE DOWN AT BEAVER AVENUE AND
            LAFAYETTE ROAD.

&&

KFRANTZ

Special weather statement, Mar 5, 4:14 PM EST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
414 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

GAZ020>022-033-052145-
414 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 50 MPH WINDS IN SOUTHEASTERN
BARTOW...CHEROKEE...WESTERN FORSYTH AND EXTREME NORTHERN FULTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EST...

AT 410 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAKE ARROWHEAD TO GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS BARTOW...
CHEROKEE...FORSYTH AND FULTON COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EST. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE LAKE ARROWHEAD...
WALESKA...SUTALLEE...GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER STATE PARK...CANTON...
LITTLE RIVER LANDING...BRIDGEMILL...REAVIS MOUNTAIN...LEBANON...HOLLY
SPRINGS...BUFFINGTON...BALL GROUND...UNION HILL...HICKORY FLAT AND
BIRMINGHAM.

&&

LAT...LON 3434 8426 3433 8426 3433 8414 3433 8413
      3413 8422 3413 8471 3435 8460 3438 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 269DEG 46KT 3432 8454 3416 8465

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 5, 9:16 AM EST	Wind Advisory	FFC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more	34 hr
Mar 5, 9:50 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	FFC	Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Pickens and 3 more	23 hr
Mar 5, 2:13 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	32 min
Mar 5, 2:45 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Dade	45 min
Mar 5, 2:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Walker	35 min
Mar 5, 3:21 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Gordon	24 min
Mar 5, 3:32 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	28 min
Mar 5, 3:42 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Gordon	33 min
Mar 5, 3:44 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson, Paulding, Polk	31 min
Mar 5, 3:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Murray	30 min
Mar 5, 4:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson, Paulding, Polk	45 min
Mar 5, 4:07 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer	23 min
Mar 5, 4:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Heard, Troup	33 min
Mar 5, 4:16 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White	44 min
Mar 5, 4:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Meriwether, Troup	26 min
Mar 5, 4:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee	33 min
Mar 5, 4:46 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth, Hall	29 min
Mar 5, 5:01 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	14 min
Mar 5, 5:06 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Talbot	24 min
Mar 5, 5:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jackson	33 min
Mar 5, 5:15 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Spalding	30 min
Mar 5, 5:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Jackson	25 min
Mar 5, 5:29 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon	31 min
Mar 5, 5:42 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Madison	33 min
Mar 5, 6:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Madison, Oglethorpe	11 min
Mar 5, 6:09 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	36 min
Mar 5, 6:32 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock, Warren	28 min
Mar 5, 6:38 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	37 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.