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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 24, 2013Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2013, 1:30 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 24, 2013, 1:30 PM EDT (17:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2013, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Laurens County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2013-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1137 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2013-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
1137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
524 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 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 24, 10:52 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 10:52 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 5:47 AM EDT, 7 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
547 AM EDT MON JUN 24 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-251000-
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-
547 AM EDT MON JUN 24 2013

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

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

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AS INSTABILITY INCREASES
WITH DAYTIME HEATING. THE HIGHEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS
ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
THE MAIN THREATS WILL ANY DEVELOPMENT WILL BE OCCASIONAL
LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
WEEK...WITH SUMMERTIME CONVECTION EXPECTED EACH DAY. IT IS
POSSIBLE FOR SOME ISOLATED STRONG STORMS...GENERALLY IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING. EXPECT FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL AS THE MAIN THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:30 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
130 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013

GAZ097-241800-
130 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN LAURENS COUNTY
UNTIL 200 PM EDT...

AT 126 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HARLOW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
LAURENS COUNTY THROUGH 200 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM INCLUDE DUDLEY...DEXTER...HARLOW...MINTER...CHAPPELLS MILL...
EAST DUBLIN AND DUBLIN. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3261 8315 3266 8305 3271 8293 3250 8272
      3240 8302 3241 8308 3251 8316
TIME...MOT...LOC 1730Z 236DEG 5KT 3250 8304

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens29 min
Jun 24, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge52 min
Jun 24, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge42 min
Jun 24, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston33 min
Jun 24, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston39 min
Jun 24, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock48 min
Jun 24, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp49 min
Jun 24, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Twiggs52 min
Jun 24, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Peach, Twiggs48 min
Jun 24, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Peach46 min
Jun 24, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly39 min
Jun 24, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter52 min
Jun 24, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Twiggs39 min
Jun 24, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor48 min
Jun 24, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Wilcox29 min
Jun 24, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb40 min
Jun 24, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter48 min
Jun 24, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Jones, Monroe40 min
Jun 24, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon27 min
Jun 24, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin35 min
Jun 24, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale45 min
Jun 24, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock28 min
Jun 24, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs29 min
Jun 24, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock25 min
Jun 24, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel32 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.