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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 18, 20134 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 18, 2013, 7:29 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 46 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 18, 2013, 7:29 AM EDT (11:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2013, 8:15 AM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Clarke County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 301 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2013-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1115 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2013-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1115 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 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 Jun 18, 4:13 AM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 4:13 AM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 4:48 AM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 7:00 AM EDT, 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 7:29 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 8:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel27 min
Jun 17, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston25 min
Jun 17, 8:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones31 min
Jun 17, 8:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston35 min
Jun 17, 8:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Treutlen33 min
Jun 17, 9:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Wilkinson31 min
Jun 17, 9:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly28 min
Jun 18, 5:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Pike22 min
Jun 18, 7:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton, Oconee, Walton30 min
Jun 18, 12:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington28 min
Jun 18, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson30 min
Jun 18, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock25 min
Jun 18, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Wheeler28 min
Jun 18, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Wheeler36 min
Jun 18, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor27 min
Jun 18, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas, Fulton30 min
Jun 18, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas and 3 more59 min
Jun 18, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion34 min
Jun 18, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar33 min
Jun 18, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Butts, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette and 7 more34 min
Jun 18, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton50 min
Jun 18, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Oconee24 min
Jun 18, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe33 min
Jun 18, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene32 min
Jun 18, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon29 min
Jun 18, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes44 min
Jun 18, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly26 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.