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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2013, 3:27 PM EDT for 7 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 6, 2013, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2013, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Marion County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Webster County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 599 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Jul 6, 1:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 1:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1213 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-071615- 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- 1213 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE CONTINUES ACROSS THE STATE WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY. 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 GENERALLY ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. RESIDENTS ARE URGED NOT TO LET THEIR GUARD DOWN DURING THIS PERIOD OF PROLONGED RAINFALL. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGING BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED GENERALLY NORTH OF ATLANTA...WITH AT LEAST A HALF INCH EXPECTED NORTH AND WEST OF A CORDELE TO DUBLIN LINE. 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AGAIN ON SUNDAY ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED...WITH SOME AREAS IN THE MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES. THIS MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. AFTER SUNDAY...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. NORTH 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 NEXT SEVERAL DAYS 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
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 106 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013 GAZ002>004-011-012-019-061730- 106 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN WHITFIELD... WALKER...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...FLOYD AND GORDON COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM EDT... AT 102 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER LAKE MARVIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH TO 30 MPH. RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS WHITFIELD...WALKER...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...FLOYD AND GORDON COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND EVERETT SPRINGS...SUBLIGNA...LAKE MARVIN...SUGAR VALLEY...SUTTLES MILL...NAOMI...VILLANOW...MILL CREEK...DALTON...ROCKY FACE AND WOOD STATION. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3489 8515 3478 8490 3445 8506 3453 8526 TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 206DEG 22KT 3457 8511
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:27 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
327 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013
GAZ089>092-102>104-062015-
327 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING IN WEBSTER...SUMTER...STEWART...SCHLEY...MUSCOGEE...MARION
AND CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...
AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM LUMPKIN TO 44 MILES SOUTH OF
DESOTO...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH THIS LINE INCLUDING RATES
OF 45 TO 70 STRIKES PER 15 MINUTES. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL AMOUNTS
BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.00 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
WEBSTER...SUMTER...STEWART...SCHLEY...MUSCOGEE...MARION AND
CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
LEVERETTS...KIMBROUGH...WESTON...WESTVILLE...TROUTMAN...LUMPKIN...PRO
VIDENCE CANYON STATE
PARK...CENTERPOINT...CHARLES...RICHLAND...DUMAS...PRESTON...LOUVALE..
.CROXTON CROSSROADS AND PLAINS. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS
INTENSE RAINFALL WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3195 8444 3193 8444 3192 8464 3201 8490
3223 8496 3227 8490 3231 8498 3239 8500
3243 8497 3246 8501 3258 8505 3250 8449
3227 8422 3223 8422 3223 8417 3217 8410
3191 8398 3191 8433 3187 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 169DEG 30KT 3207 8484 3193 8442
3164 8411 3134 8392
30The office that day
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, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding | 48 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, 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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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.