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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 27, 2013Haralson County, Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 27, 2013, 10:52 PM EDT for Haralson County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
Apr 27, 2013, 10:52 PM EDT (02:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2013, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Haralson County, GA, Polk County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 269 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2013-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 108 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2013-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
108 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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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 Apr 27, 10:30 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 10:30 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 10:10 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 27, 10:14 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 27, 10:52 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
Apr 27, 10:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd46 min
Apr 28, 5:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade30 min
Apr 28, 9:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchFFCBanks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade and 15 more11 hr
Apr 28, 11:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield57 min
Apr 28, 12:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta35 min
Apr 28, 1:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Gordon, Murray, Walker and 1 more57 min
Apr 28, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Fayette35 min
Apr 28, 1:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd6 hr
Apr 28, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup33 min
Apr 28, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry36 min
Apr 28, 2:40 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhitfield72 hr
Apr 28, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard32 min
Apr 28, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup42 min
Apr 28, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Newton, Rockdale47 min
Apr 28, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether39 min
Apr 28, 3:09 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth16 hr
Apr 28, 3:13 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHenry, Newton32 min
Apr 28, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton32 min
Apr 28, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta30 min
Apr 28, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper27 min
Apr 28, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard26 min
Apr 28, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Morgan23 min
Apr 28, 4:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGilmer6 hr
Apr 28, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether38 min
Apr 28, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Taliaferro, Wilkes32 min
Apr 28, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene28 min
Apr 28, 4:41 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCGreene, Taliaferro, Wilkes49 min
Apr 28, 5:11 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade20 hr
Apr 28, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee27 min
Apr 28, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee38 min
Apr 28, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Warren, Wilkes51 min
Apr 28, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe31 min
Apr 28, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach29 min
Apr 28, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox27 min
Apr 28, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock30 min
Apr 28, 5:53 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningFFCMurray6 hr
Apr 28, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb37 min
Apr 28, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones35 min
Apr 28, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock, Putnam31 min
Apr 28, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge29 min
Apr 28, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren36 min
Apr 28, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Jones27 min
Apr 28, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Laurens, Treutlen36 min
Apr 28, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Hancock36 min
Apr 28, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Wheeler30 min
Apr 28, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery36 min
Apr 28, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock35 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.