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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 28, 2013, 12:55 PM EDT for Coweta County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 28, 2013, 12:55 PM EDT (16:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2013, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Coweta County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 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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</html>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 28, 9:48 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 9:48 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 12:02 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1202 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-291615- 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- 1202 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. WITH DECENT INSTABILITY AND MARGINAL SHEAR...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SOME STRONG STORMS. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...COULD PRODUCE SOME FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 8 PM TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WITH 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE LOWER AMOUNTS SHOULD EXTEND SOUTH. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR FUTURE UPDATES AS ADJUSTMENTS MAY BE MADE. WHILE WEAK UPPER RIDGING WILL BUILD IN FOR TUESDAY AND THE SHORTWAVE WILL NO LONGER BE AN INFLUENCING FACTOR...LINGERING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW FOR AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 11:18 AM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1118 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2013
GAZ004-005-281615-
1118 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN WHITFIELD AND
MURRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 PM EDT...
AT 1116 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WHITFIELD AND MURRAY
COUNTIES...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
SINCE 8 AM THIS MORNING...1.5 TO 1.75 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
ACROSS THE AREA...AND AN ADDITIONAL 0.5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER
THE NEXT HOUR. RUNOFF WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS
WHITFIELD AND MURRAY COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND MILL
CREEK...ROCKY FACE...TUNNEL HILL...TILTON...VARNELL...DALTON...
COHUTTA...NORTH GEORGIA SPEEDWAY...DAWNVILLE...BEAVERDALE...
RAMHURST...CHATSWORTH...SUMAC...ETON AND CARTERS. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS
ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3481 8461 3474 8465 3461 8465 3463 8474
3461 8475 3461 8487 3464 8491 3462 8493
3462 8505 3472 8505 3472 8513 3481 8514
3482 8506 3486 8506 3488 8501 3491 8502
3499 8498 3499 8462
TIME...MOT...LOC 1517Z 257DEG 27KT 3478 8499Special weather statement, Apr 28, 12:55 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1255 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2013 GAZ052-053-281730- 1255 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN COWETA AND HEARD COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM EDT... AT 1250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER POWERS CROSSROADS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 0.5 TO 1 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS COWETA AND HEARD COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND POWERS CROSSROADS...HANDY...CORINTH...FRANKLIN...ARNCO-SARGENT...MORELAND... DUNAWAY GARDENS...NEWNAN AND ROSCOE. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY. && LAT...LON 3334 8516 3351 8481 3330 8463 3319 8508 TIME...MOT...LOC 1654Z 240DEG 28KT 3332 8496
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 10:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 5:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 9:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade and 15 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Gordon, Murray, Walker and 1 more | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 1:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 2:40 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 72 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 3:09 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 16 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 4:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 5:11 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 20 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 5:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Murray | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Putnam | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Treutlen | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 35 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.