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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 9, 2013Wilkes County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 9, 2013, 2:01 PM EDT for Wilkes County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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 9, 2013, 2:01 PM EDT (18:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2013, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Wilkes County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 1071 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 638 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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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 Jun 9, 10:48 AM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 10:48 AM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 6:00 AM EDT, 8 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 AM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-101000-
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-
600 AM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

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

...SHOWERS WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY...

DISCUSSION...
WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL INTERACT WITH DEEP MOISTURE
SPREADING NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO INCREASE SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES FOR THE AREA. SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INITIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN TIER AND THEN
INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS THEY SPREAD NORTHWARD
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN
THREAT GIVEN RECENT HEAVY RAINS BUT THE STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO
CONTAIN STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. AT THIS TIME...AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20
HAVE THE BEST CHANCES FOR STRONG STORMS AS INSTABILITY HAS A
CHANCE TO BUILD PRIOR TO THUNDERSTORM ARRIVAL. ALTHOUGH CHANCES
ARE NOT HIGH...AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH
THIS ACTIVITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED IN THE WAKE OF THE SUNDAY
ACTIVITY WITH MONDAY AND THURSDAY LOOKING LIKE THE MOST ACTIVE
DAY WITH RESPECT TO THUNDERSTORMS.

.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 9, 2:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
201 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

GAZ039-091830-
201 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN WILKES COUNTY UNTIL
230 PM EDT...

AT 155 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM FLORAL HILL TO LUNDBERG...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
WILKES COUNTY...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND LUNDBERG...FICKLIN...
TIGNALL... WASHINGTON...MALLORYSVILLE...ROCKY CREEK FIRE
DEPT....DANBURG...DELHI...AONIA...NORMAN...HOLLIDAY PARK...FLORAL
HILL AND METASVILLE. THIS AREA HAS ALREADY SEEN 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF
RAIN ALREADY TODAY...AND THESE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD
RESULT IN INCREASE RUNOFF...AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO
LIKELY. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES.

&&

LAT...LON 3363 8260 3361 8263 3360 8268 3362 8269
      3361 8271 3363 8277 3398 8278 3399 8266
      3398 8264 3388 8260 3387 8256 3382 8259
      3365 8249
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 208DEG 27KT 3382 8267 3362 8270

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 8:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart, Webster	48 min
Jun 8, 9:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion	53 min
Jun 8, 10:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	34 min
Jun 9, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lincoln	19 min
Jun 9, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Dooly	28 min
Jun 9, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly, Pulaski	35 min
Jun 9, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs	38 min
Jun 9, 4:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee and 27 more	22 hr
Jun 9, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	47 min
Jun 9, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro	35 min
Jun 9, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington, Wilkinson	42 min
Jun 9, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Warren	24 min
Jun 9, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	38 min
Jun 9, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	41 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2013 Every special weather statement in 2013

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.