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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 5, 2013, 2:50 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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 5, 2013, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2013, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Chattooga County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 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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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 5, 1:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 1:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 955 AM EDT WED JUN 5 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-061000- 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- 955 AM EDT WED JUN 5 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE TODAY OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. DISCUSSION... ENHANCED MOISTURE LOCATED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS AND MODERATE INSTABILITY COULD ALLOW A FEW STORMS TO BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. DISCUSSION... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA ON THURSDAY WITH THE APPROACH OF A TROPICAL LOW LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. SOME UNCERTAINTY EXISTS WITH THE ULTIMATE TRACK OF THE TROPICAL LOW...BUT THE OFFICIAL FORECAST MOVES THE LOW ACROSS CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA LATE THURSDAY AND EARLY FRIDAY. AS A RESULT OF THIS LOW AND ITS INTERACTION WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH FRIDAY. A FEW STORMS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AS A RESULT OF THE INCREASED MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND ADDITIONAL FORCING FROM THE FRONT. .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, Jun 5, 2:22 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
250 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013
GAZ011-019-051930-
250 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS IN CHATTOOGA AND FLOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...
AT 245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CLOUDLAND TO COOSA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3459 8510 3454 8508 3454 8509 3447 8509
3446 8511 3443 8509 3442 8511 3440 8507
3416 8540 3442 8549 3459 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 229DEG 15KT 3457 8541 3446 8539
3431 8534The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade, Walker | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Murray | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 42 min |
Nearby
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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.