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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 25, 2013Crawford County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 25, 2013, 5:36 PM EDT for Crawford County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 25, 2013, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2013, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Crawford County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 86 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: 1190 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -46 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 25, 3:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 3:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
334 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
PRIMARY CONCERN IN THE SHORT TERM PERIOD IS CHC AND TIMING OF
CONVECTION THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS MENTIONED EARLIER...COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY LOWER THAN YESTERDAY AND WHAT WAS FCST PREVIOUSLY. LOWER
SFC CONVERGENCE AND INSTABILITY TODAY MAY BE THE REASON...BUT CANT
COMPLAIN WITH THE RESULT SO FAR. MAY SEE A FEW STORMS EXCEED SVR
CRITERIA BEFORE 00Z BUT SHOULD BE LESS ACTIVE THAN YESTERDAY.

AS WEAK SHORT WAVE PUSHES EAST...MODELS AGREE ON DEVELOPING NW FLOW
OVER THE AREA. SUBSIDENCE SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE WIDESPREAD
SHRA/TSRA WED PM BUT COULD SEE ISOLD STRONG STORMS. NW FLOW BECOMES
UNSEASONABLY STRONG LATE WED NIGHT AND EARLY THURS. LIKELY TO SEE A
WEAK FRONT PUSH THROUGH EARLY THURS IN THIS PATTERN AND SVR STORMS
NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. STRENGTH OF VERTICAL WIND SHEAR QUITE
STRONG WITH 0-6KM BULK SHEAR MAGNITUDES AROUND 25-35KTS AND 0-1KM
SHEAR OF 15-20KTS 12Z-18Z THURS. PRESTORM SBCAPE OF 2500-3000 J/KG
PROGGED BY 12Z NAM AND GFS VALID 18Z THURS. TOO SOON TO PIN THIS
DOWN BUT MAY NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR MORE SVR STORMS ON THURS...
POSSIBLY SIMILAR TO OUR JUNE 13 EVENT.

SNELSON

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO FORECAST AS MINOR DISCREPANCIES EXISTED
WITH LATEST GUIDANCE SOLUTIONS. HAVE MAINLY LEFT POPS UNCHANGED
DUE TO UNCERTAINTY WITH TIMING OF ANY UPPER LEVEL PERTURBATIONS AND
EXTENT OF MOISTURE FIELD IN SUCH AN ACTIVE PERIOD. ALSO TWEAKED
FRIDAY MAX TEMPS A BIT HIGHER...OTHERWISE FORECAST LOOKS TO BE ON
TRACK AND PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS...

BAKER

LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
/ISSUED AT 428 AM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013/
OVERALL FORECAST STORY HAS NOT CHANGED MUCH THROUGH THE EXTENDED
PERIOD. SURFACE HIGH RETREATS BACK OVER THE ATLANTIC BY MID
WEEK...WITH UPPER RIDGE DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN US AS LONG
WAVE TROUGH MOVES OVER THE EAST COAST. DIURNAL CONVECTION EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND HAVE
GENERALLY GONE WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVERNIGHT AND GOOD CHANCE
POPS THROUGH THE DAY THROUGH THE WEEK.

LONG WAVE TROUGH KEEPS THE STATE IN MOIST PATTERN THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...WITH A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES KEEPING PRECIP ACROSS THE
AREA...AND AT THIS POINT EXPECT COVERAGE TO BE MORE WIDESPREAD.
AMPLE CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP ACTIVITY WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES AT OR
SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK.

31

&&

.AVIATION...
18Z UPDATE...
PRIMARY CONCERN IS LIKELIHOOD OF TSRA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPED AROUND NOON AS EXPECTED BUT
A LITTLE LESS COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THAN EXPECTED. EXPECT ANY
TSRA TO DIMINISH AFTER 00Z. UNLESS HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS AT A TAF
SITE...DO NOT EXPECT MUCH FOG OR STRATUS EARLY WED MORNING. SFC
WINDS WILL REMAIN ON A SW TO WEST COMPONENT AT 5-10KTS DURING THE
DAYTIME HOURS. SHRA/TSRA CHCS WED AFTERNOON APPEAR TOO LOW TO
MENTION IN FCST BUT MAY NEED TO BE MONITORED AND INCLUDED AT KMCN
AND KCSG.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE...
MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON TSRA LIKELIHOOD.
HIGH CONFIDENCE ON ALL OTHER ELEMENTS.

SNELSON

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          69  88  71  90 /  40  30  20  50
ATLANTA         71  87  72  88 /  30  30  20  30
BLAIRSVILLE     64  83  67  84 /  30  20  30  60
CARTERSVILLE    69  87  71  89 /  20  20  20  40
COLUMBUS        72  90  73  92 /  30  30  20  30
GAINESVILLE     70  85  71  88 /  30  30  20  50
MACON           70  89  71  92 /  40  30  20  30
ROME            68  87  71  90 /  20  20  20  50
PEACHTREE CITY  68  87  70  89 /  30  30  20  30
VIDALIA         71  90  73  93 /  40  40  20  30

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...SNELSON
LONG TERM....31/BAKER
AVIATION...SNELSON

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 3:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
343 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-261945-
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-
343 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THE REST
OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS A SHORTWAVE INTERACTS WITH
MOISTURE ACROSS THE STATE. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. IN THE STRONGEST STORMS EXPECT WIND
GUSTS OF 50 MPH OR HIGHER...AND NICKEL SIZE OR LARGER HAIL.

DISCUSSION...
A SHORTWAVE WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY.
SCATTERED DEVELOPMENT LOOKS TO BE AREA-WIDE...THOUGH BETTER CHANCE
WILL TRANSITION TO THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE AREA BY THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
WEEK...WITH SUMMERTIME CONVECTION EXPECTED EACH DAY. IT IS
POSSIBLE FOR SOME ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. THE
ENVIRONMENT ON THURSDAY SHOWS SOME BETTER POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
STORMS AND WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION WITH FUTURE
UPDATES TO THE FORECAST. 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

Local storm report, Jun 25, 12:28 PM EDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1228 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1222 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DUBLIN                  32.54N 82.90W
06/24/2013                   LAURENS            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EM RECEIVED ABOUT 4 CALLS OF MOSTLY TREE LIMBS DOWN AND
            SOME POWER LINES DOWN. SOME TREES DOWN ALSO.

&&

ABAKER

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
242 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

GAZ111>113-251915-
242 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN WHEELER...TOOMBS
AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT...

AT 239 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF OHOOPEE TO 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SPRING HILL...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS WHEELER...TOOMBS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE NORMANTOWN...
VIDALIA...LYONS...KIBBEE...HIGGSTON...AILEY...SPRING HILL...JORDAN...
GLENWOOD...ALAMO...MOUNT VERNON...CENTER...SANTA CLAUS AND ALSTON.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3196 8244 3196 8248 3194 8249 3195 8256
      3192 8265 3201 8273 3202 8278 3205 8281
      3208 8289 3225 8261 3234 8238 3229 8235
      3231 8223 3218 8218 3191 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 280DEG 6KT 3231 8215 3213 8239
          3194 8280

Local storm report, Jun 25, 3:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 4:49 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
449 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0315 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 E UVALDA              32.04N 82.44W
06/25/2013                   TOOMBS             GA   911 CALL CENTER

            TWO TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF TURNER
            BRIDGE ROAD AND BUDDY MOSLEY ROAD.

&&

RWILLIS

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:57 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
457 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

GAZ031-041-042-252130-
457 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN PAULDING...
CARROLL AND HARALSON COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM YORKVILLE TO MOUNT ZION...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS
PAULDING...CARROLL AND HARALSON COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE UNION...YORKVILLE...
BREMEN...WACO...DRAKETOWN...MOUNT ZION...JOHN TANNER STATE PARK...
BOWDON JUNCTION...TEMPLE...DALLAS...NEW GEORGIA...ABILENE...VILLA
RICA...HIRAM AND NEW HOPE.

&&

LAT...LON 3379 8513 3386 8511 3396 8501 3396 8497
      3400 8496 3398 8474 3395 8474 3394 8472
      3387 8473 3377 8485 3378 8490 3372 8490
      3358 8504 3360 8534 3365 8534
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 274DEG 13KT 3391 8492 3378 8502
          3365 8522

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:36 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
536 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

GAZ081-252200-
536 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS
IN CRAWFORD COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

AT 532 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MUSELLA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
CRAWFORD COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM INCLUDE MUSELLA...KNOXVILLE...ROBERTA AND SANDY POINT.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3273 8411 3285 8411 3286 8397 3285 8390
      3282 8389 3280 8386 3277 8385 3272 8379
      3267 8379 3266 8382
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 271DEG 8KT 3277 8400

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler	33 min
Jun 25, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	38 min
Jun 25, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	33 min
Jun 25, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	25 min
Jun 25, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Crawford	33 min
Jun 25, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	27 min
Jun 25, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Twiggs	52 min
Jun 25, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	35 min
Jun 25, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Oconee	28 min
Jun 25, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	49 min
Jun 25, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	25 min
Jun 25, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	36 min
Jun 25, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	29 min
Jun 25, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	47 min
Jun 25, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan, Oconee	42 min
Jun 25, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Houston	48 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.