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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2013, 9:51 AM EDT for Haralson County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 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
- Jul 3, 2013, 9:51 AM EDT (13:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2013, 10:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Haralson County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:52 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 1032 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
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 Jul 3, 7:27 AM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 7:27 AM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 624 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-041030- 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- 624 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CENTERED JUST WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY IS PUMPING MOISTURE LADEN AIR FROM THE GULF AND ATLANTIC ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS MOIST FLOW PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S AND INSTABILITIES INCREASING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THESE STORMS MAY TRAIN OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 2 OR MORE INCHES OF PRECIPITATION ALL READY. IF THIS OCCURS...RIVER AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE AN ISSUE TODAY. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH OR GREATER...HEAVY RAINFALL...FLASH FLOODING...AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... ...PROLONGED HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT LIKELY WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... A PLUME OF RICH MOISTURE AND UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL FLOW WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WILL ALLOW FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE STATE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR GENERALLY WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PERSONS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES DURING THIS TIME...INCLUDING FOURTH OF JULY EVENTS...SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FLASH FLOODING...PROLONGED RIVER FLOODING...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR GREATER AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .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.
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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:12 AM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 3, 9:51 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
951 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013
GAZ030-041-031445-
951 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN POLK AND HARALSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 AM EDT...
AT 946 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
HEAVY RAIN OVER EUBANK LAKE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2.5 TO 3 INCHES OR MORE HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 830
AM EDT...AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.0 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED. RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES ACROSS POLK AND HARALSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS
AROUND BREMEN...WACO...BUCHANAN...TALLAPOOSA...DRAKETOWN...
FELTON...EUBANK LAKE...ANTIOCH...CEDARTOWN...BRASWELL...FISH
CREEK...VAN WERT...ROCKMART AND ARAGON. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO
MINOR FLOODING. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION ON FLOODED ROADWAYS. DO
NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
&&
LAT...LON 3409 8514 3408 8492 3396 8497 3395 8505
3391 8505 3390 8503 3382 8504 3370 8508
3369 8511 3370 8515 3365 8529 3366 8534
3393 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 1348Z 202DEG 28KT 3388 8512The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 10:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 10:42 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 63 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 68 min |
| Jul 3, 10:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Haralson | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Troup | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Haralson | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Monroe | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 2:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Fulton, Gilmer and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 15 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Wilkinson | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Banks, Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin, Towns, Union and 1 more | 6 hr |
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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.