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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2013, 8:12 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 48 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 5, 2013, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2013, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Cherokee County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Paulding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 969 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 803 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
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 5, 2:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 2:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 255 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... NAM AND GFS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. THE MOISTURE PLUME AXIS THAT HAS BEEN SITTING OVER ALABAMA IS FORECAST TO DRIFT EAST THROUGH THE SHORT TERM BRINGING THE AXIS INTO GA BY LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. SEE THE HYDROLOGY SECTION FOR INFORMATION ON RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND THE LATEST FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD WATCHES. GUIDANCE HAS BEEN RUNNING A BIT TOO COOL ON MIN TEMPS AND A BIT TOO WARM ON MAX TEMPS. WILL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS...HOWEVER MAX TEMPS SATURDAY WILL BE TRICKY AS ANY SUNSHINE WILL BOOST TEMPS INTO THE MID AND UPPER 80S...POSSIBLY NEAR 90 AS WE ARE ALREADY SEEING TODAY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE CWA. MIN TEMPS WILL REMAIN WARM AS DEWPOINTS ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD IN THE LOW TO MID 70S SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAINS. 17 .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES MADE TO THE CURRENT LONG TERM FORECAST GRIDS. PLEASE REFERENCE THE PREVIOUS LONG TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION BELOW. 20 /PREVIOUS LONG TERM DISCUSSION/SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/ THE EXTENDED PERIOD CONTINUES WET WITH PERSISTENT UPPER LOW OVER THE MISSOURI VALLEY SPAWNING ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVE ENERGY SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS UPPER SUPPORT ALONG WITH PWATS REMAINING WELL ABOVE 2 INCHES WILL ALLOW FOR LIKELY POPS EVEN INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD WITH HEALTHY AMOUNTS OF QPF IN THE .30 TO .50 RANGE FOR SIX HOUR PERIODS. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...UPPER LOW WILL TRANSITION INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WITH GFS DEPICTING UPPER TROUGH AXIS INTO NORTHERN GEORGIA. WITH CONTINUED AMPLE MOISTURE...EXPECT CATEGORICAL POPS GIVEN SHORTWAVE ENERGY AVAILABLE TO FUEL STORM DEVELOPMENT. AS LOW FINALLY KICKS OUT THROUGH MIDWEEK...MOISTURE AXIS PIVOTS BUT REMAINS OVER THE NORTH GEORGIA PORTION. ALTHOUGH UPPER ENERGY WILL NOT BE AS PREVALENT...SHOULD SEE MORE THAN ENOUGH INGREDIENTS TO WARRANT HIGH END CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GFS INDICATES 48 HOUR TOTALS ENDING THU MORNING OF AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES FOR THE NORTHERN TIER WHICH WOULD CREATE ADDITIONAL FLOODING CONCERNS PENDING WHAT TAKES PLACE THE NEXT FEW DAYS. BY LATE WED INTO THU...UPPER LOW OVER THE GULF BECOMES MORE OF A PROMINENT FEATURE AS INFLUENCES OF ATLANTIC UPPER HIGH ABATE. MEANWHILE...NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE DIGS SOUTHWARD WITH A SURFACE BOUNDARY ENTERING NORTH GEORGIA THU AFTERNOON. MOISTURE POOLING ALONG THIS FEATURE WILL INCREASE POPS ONCE AGAIN AND WILL CARRY HIGH MID RANGE POPS IN GRIDS FOR NOW. GIVEN TIME OF YEAR...BOUNDARY DOES NOT MAKE IT VERY FAR INTO THE FORECAST AREA BEFORE STALLING. ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVE ENERGY IN DEVELOPING NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT REGIME WILL KEEP POPS AT OR ABOVE CLIMO THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH TEMPS AT OR BELOW NORMAL. DEESE && .HYDROLOGY... THE LATEST QPF PROJECTIONS OFF THE MODELS INDICATE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 1/2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND DOWN THE WEST SIDE OF THE CWA THROUGH SUNDAY. WITH THE GROUND SATURATED OVER MOST OF THOSE AREAS ALREADY...ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL PUSH RIVERS AND STREAMS INTO FLOOD. THEREFORE WILL ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH FOR AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE TO FAYETTEVILLE TO HOMER THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY. FOR THOSE AREAS SOUTH OF THIS NEW WATCH...WHILE ISOLATED POCKETS OF HEAVY ARE POSSIBLE IN THE THUNDERSTORMS...WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AND THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM THIS EVENING AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED. && AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... MOST AREAS HAVE GONE VFR AND THOSE THAT HAVENT SHOULD GO VFR IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. SOUTH OF AN AHN-CSG LINE SKIES HAVE DONE PARTLY SUNNY AND WITH SURFACE HEATING SHOWERS/TSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING. THESE WILL SPREAD NORTHWEST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE THREAT FOR THUNDER IS LOW ENOUGH TO LEAVE OUT OF TAFS AT THIS TIME BUT CANT RULE IT OUT COMPLETELY. CIGS WILL DROP TO IFR TONIGHT AND BACK TO MVFR SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CSG/ATL/AHN AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... HIGH ON WINDS. MEDIUM ON ALL OTHER ELEMENTS. 17 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 69 85 70 83 / 80 80 60 50 ATLANTA 71 80 72 81 / 80 100 80 60 BLAIRSVILLE 66 74 67 77 / 90 100 80 70 CARTERSVILLE 70 79 71 80 / 90 100 80 70 COLUMBUS 72 86 73 84 / 70 80 70 60 GAINESVILLE 69 79 70 80 / 90 100 80 60 MACON 71 86 72 85 / 50 60 40 30 ROME 70 77 71 82 / 90 100 80 70 PEACHTREE CITY 70 81 71 81 / 80 90 70 60 VIDALIA 72 89 72 89 / 40 50 30 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: 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. FLOOD WATCH FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BANKS...BARROW...BARTOW...CARROLL... CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE...CLAYTON...COBB...COWETA... DADE...DAWSON...DEKALB...DOUGLAS...FANNIN...FAYETTE...FLOYD... FORSYTH...GILMER...GORDON...GWINNETT...HALL...HARALSON...HEARD... JACKSON...LUMPKIN...MERIWETHER...MURRAY...NORTH FULTON... PAULDING...PICKENS...POLK...SOUTH FULTON...TOWNS...TROUP... UNION...WALKER...WHITE...WHITFIELD. && SHORT TERM...17 LONG TERM....20 AVIATION...17
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 5:39 AM EDT, 14 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 539 AM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-060945- 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- 539 AM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... AMPLE MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM ACROSS THE STATE WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. THE GROUND ACROSS THE AREA IS SATURATED AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN CAN LEAD TO FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH OR GREATER. WITH SATURATED SOILS...IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH WIND TO DOWN TREES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL MAY NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD...THERE WILL STILL BE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. NORTHWEST GEORGIA LOOKS TO SEE THE BEST CHANCES FOR THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AND THERE IS SOME CONCERN THAT ACCUMULATING HIGH RAINFALL TOTALS MAY LEAD TO MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. PERSONS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEKEND SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. .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
Local storm report, Jul 5, 5:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 10:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 3:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Jackson, Walton | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 4:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Jackson, Towns, White | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 5:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, White | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 5:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, White | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 1:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 1:14 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson | 15 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:14 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 28 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Stewart, Sumter and 1 more | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Gordon, Polk | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 6:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 7:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett | 38 min |
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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.