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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 10, 2013Cobb County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2013, 3:51 PM EDT for Cobb 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
Jul 10, 2013, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2013, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Cobb County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 2013-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1819 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 2013-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
1819 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 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 Jul 10, 2:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 2:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
247 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 737 AM EDT WED JUL 10 2013/

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 357 AM EDT WED JUL 10 2013/

SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
SYNOPTIC GUIDANCE CONTINUES IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE SHORT
TERM. STRONG UPPER HIGH OVER THE PLAINS AND DESERT SOUTHWEST
CONTINUES TO RIDGE INTO THE SOUTHEAST...UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE
WEST OVER THE BAHAMAS AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA...AND UPPER TROUGH IN
SOUTHERN CANADA/GREAT LAKES CONTINUES TO DIG SOUTH. SURFACE FRONT
STRETCHED FROM THE GREAT LAKES BACK TOWARD THE MID-MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY THIS MORNING. SHORTWAVE EMBEDDED IN THE WEAKNESS ALOFT
STRETCHED FROM THE GREAT LAKES DOWN TOWARD THE UPPER TENNESSEE
VALLEY ON THE 00Z UA ANALYSES...ESPECIALLY EVIDENT AT 500 AND 700MB.
AS THAT SHORTWAVE PUSHES EAST AND DIGS...THE UPPER HIGH WILL RETREAT
SOMEWHAT. AS THE GREAT LAKES TROUGH CONTINUES TO DIG AND THE ENTIRE
WAVETRAIN INCREASES IN AMPLITUDE...THE FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH...
ENTERING NORTH GEORGIA THURSDAY MORNING AND PUSHING ACROSS THE STATE
DURING THE DAY...BUT PROGGED TO SLOW DOWN LATE IN THE DAY AND MAKE
LITTLE PROGRESS ANY FARTHER SOUTH INTO THE EXTENDED.

AMPLE MOISTURE /SURFACE DEWPOINTS PROGGED IN THE MID-70S ACROSS SOME
OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON/ WILL CONTINUE WITH MODERATE TO HIGH
CAPES IN PLACE. CONVECTION ONGOING AT AFD TIME IS PROGGED BY HIRES
MODELS TO CONTINUE MAINLY ACROSS EASTERN ZONES THROUGH THE
MORNING...MOVING SOUTH AND GRADUALLY DYING OUT DURING THE LATE
MORNING HOURS...BUT AT THE SAME TIME SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD
CONVECTION DEVELOPS AS A RESULT OF SHORTWAVE FORCING ALOFT AND
CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY. HAVE GONE LIKELY POPS ACROSS MOST OF NORTH
GEORGIA FOR THIS AFTERNOON. KEPT CHANCE POPS IN OVERNIGHT AS AMPLE
MOISTURE AND SURFACE INSTABILITY CONTINUE WITH WEAKNESS ALOFT AND
APPROACHING FRONT. HIRES MODELS DO MOSTLY INDICATE THAT THERE COULD
BE A BREAK AROUND 12Z THURSDAY BUT THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. IN ANY
CASE...EXPECT MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION TO MOVE IN LATE THURSDAY
MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE FRONT. THERE IS PROBABLY
ENOUGH SUPPORT TO GO CATEGORICAL BUT STILL A LITTLE UNSURE ON TIMING
OF BEST POPS...SO KEPT THEM LIKELY AT BEST FOR NOW.

ALL THAT SAID...WITH THE ADDITION OF WEAK SHEAR FROM THE UPPER
SYSTEM...LIFT AND SUPPORT FROM THE FRONT...PLUS CONVECTIVE
INSTABILITY...EXPECT THAT NOT ONLY WILL COVERAGE INCREASE ON
THURSDAY BUT INTENSITY AS WELL. CANNOT RULE OUT STRONG TO ISOLATED
SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. OF
COURSE...WITH THE SATURATED SOILS IT WILL NOT TAKE 50KT WINDS TO GET
TREES TO COME DOWN. THIS POINT CANNOT BE EMPHASIZED ENOUGH...AND
RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DOWNED TREES EVEN IN TECHNICALLY
SUB-SEVERE STORMS. THE MAIN THREAT...HOWEVER...THROUGH THE SHORT
TERM IS THE CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN. SEE HYDROLOGY SECTION BELOW.

TEMPS REMAIN AT TO JUST SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. BIAS-CORRECTED BLEND
WORKED YESTERDAY AND SINCE TEMPS ARE CERTAINLY NOT THE MAIN CONCERN
THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...USED THE SAME BLEND FOR THIS FORECAST.

TDP

LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY STILL SITUATED ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTH
PORTIONS OF THE CWFA ON FRIDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY...ESPECIALLY
DURING PEAK HEATING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ALREADY
SATURATED SOILS. MODELS HAVE THE FRONT BECOMING NEARLY DIFFUSE
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL GA ON SATURDAY...BUT THE BOUNDARY COULD STILL
PROVIDE SOME FOCUS FOR CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY MAINLY ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN ZONES.

FORECAST FOR THE LATE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL DEPEND
HEAVILY UPON THE TRACK OF CHANTAL. THE EXACT MOVEMENT OF CHANTAL
WILL BE INFLUENCED BY THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND RIDGING BUILDING
IN ALONG THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS. ALL INTERESTS IN GA SHOULD
MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR T.S. CHANTAL OVER THE WEEKEND. PLEASE REFER
TO NHC FOR THE LATEST TRACK GUIDANCE.

NLISTEMAA

HYDROLOGY...
TWO ISSUES HERE...ONE FOR TODAY AND ANOTHER FOR TOMORROW. FOR
TODAY...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA HAVE REALLY GOTTEN HAMMERED
THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. 1- 3- AND 6-HR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE
PARTICULARLY LOW IN THESE AREAS. WITH THAT...HAVE OPTED TO ISSUE A
SMALL-SCALE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THESE AREAS...GENERALLY EAST OF A
LINE FROM GAINESVILLE TO WASHINGTON /WILKES COUNTY/. EXPECT A
LARGER-SCALE THREAT FOR TOMORROW AND ALTHOUGH BASIN-AVERAGE QPF FOR
THURSDAY IS LESS THAN AN INCH...THERE WILL BE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
AND WITH SUCH SATURATED SOILS IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH TO PRODUCE
FLOODING. FOR NOW WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS IN THE HWO BUT EXPECT THAT A
FLOOD OR FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTH GEORGIA EITHER LATER TODAY OR TOMORROW MORNING.

TDP

&&

.AVIATION...
18Z UPDATE...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALL OVER THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. THERE
HAS BEEN LITTLE RAIN AT THE TAF SITES BUT THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS
WILL CAUSE SOME ISSUES WHEN THEY DO REACH AN AIRFIELD. WINDS ARE
MAINLY OUT OF T5HE WEST BUT WITH CONVECTIVE OUTFLOWS WINDS HAVE
BEEN TURNING EAST TO SE. WIND SPEEDS ARE STILL IN THE 5-10KT RANGE
WITH SOME GUST IN AND AROUND CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. CEILINGS VFR
AND SHOULD STAY THERE THROUGH 08Z-10Z WILL SE SOME MVFR CEILINGS
NEAR SUNRISE WITH CEILINGS LIFTING TO VFR BY 15-16Z THU.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE...
CONFIDENCE MEDIUM ON ALL ELEMENTS.

01

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          89  71  87  70 /  60  60  70  60
ATLANTA         88  72  86  71 /  60  60  70  60
BLAIRSVILLE     85  68  82  66 /  70  60  70  40
CARTERSVILLE    88  72  87  70 /  70  60  70  40
COLUMBUS        90  74  88  72 /  50  50  70  60
GAINESVILLE     87  72  85  69 /  70  60  70  60
MACON           90  72  89  72 /  50  50  70  70
ROME            89  72  88  69 /  70  60  60  40
PEACHTREE CITY  88  71  87  70 /  60  60  70  60
VIDALIA         91  73  89  73 /  50  30  70  60

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BANKS...CLARKE...HALL...JACKSON...MADISON...OGLETHORPE...
WILKES.

&&

SHORT TERM...01
LONG TERM....39
AVIATION...01
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 12:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1218 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-111200-
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-
1218 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

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

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

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AMPLE MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE
GROUND IS SATURATED AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO FLOODING
OR FLASH FLOODING. RESIDENTS ARE URGED NOT TO LET THEIR GUARD DOWN
DURING THIS PROLONGED CONVECTIVE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL PERIOD.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA WHERE HEAVY
RAINS HAVE FALLEN FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
AVERAGING AROUND HALF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. WHILE THIS AMOUNT OF
RAIN IS NOT PARTICULARLY HIGH... SOILS ARE EXTREMELY SATURATED AND
RIVER LEVELS ARE HIGH...THUS IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH TO PRODUCE
ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING... WIND GUSTS TO 45
MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. WITH SATURATED SOILS...IT WILL NOT
TAKE MUCH WIND TO DOWN TREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL THROUGH THE WEEK AND INTO THIS WEEKEND WILL
NOT BE AS PROLONGED OR WIDESPREAD AS WHAT WE SAW LAST WEEK...THERE
WILL STILL BE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY THE CASE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS
A FRONT MOVES INTO THE STATE. NORTH GEORGIA WILL AGAIN HAVE THE
BEST CHANCES FOR 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 10, 2:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
242 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

GAZ019-020-030-101930-
242 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN POLK...BARTOW AND
FLOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

AT 238 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SHANNON TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF CAVE SPRING...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE HIGH RAIN TOTALS SEEN THUS FAR THIS SEASON HAS RESULTED IN
PERSISTENT WET SOILS FOR AREA TREES. THIS WILL ALLOW THESE TREES TO
FALL DUE TO WINDS MUCH LOWER THAN IN A TYPICAL SEASON...AS LOW AS 30
MPH IN SOME CASES.

&&

LAT...LON 3425 8536 3440 8509 3439 8498 3421 8473
      3410 8488 3408 8491 3408 8492 3403 8496
      3390 8514 3390 8528 3408 8543 3417 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 308DEG 11KT 3428 8500 3415 8516
          3402 8535
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
248 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

GAZ014-101930-
248 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN DAWSON COUNTY UNTIL
330 PM EDT...

AT 243 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MCKEE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
DAWSON COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM INCLUDE MCKEE...JUNO...DAWSONVILLE...LUMPKIN...WAR HILL PARK...
SILVER CITY AND DOUGHERTY. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS.

THE HIGH RAIN TOTALS SEEN THUS FAR THIS SEASON HAS RESULTED IN
PERSISTENT WET SOILS FOR AREA TREES. THIS WILL ALLOW THESE TREES TO
FALL DUE TO WINDS MUCH LOWER THAN IN A TYPICAL SEASON...AS LOW AS 30
MPH IN SOME CASES.

&&

LAT...LON 3447 8411 3442 8398 3441 8397 3439 8398
      3435 8398 3434 8396 3433 8421 3442 8426
      3447 8426 3447 8429 3453 8418
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 326DEG 4KT 3444 8414
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:05 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
305 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

GAZ090-091-102-103-101945-
305 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN WEBSTER...
STEWART...MARION AND CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 302 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BROOKLYN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS
WEBSTER...STEWART...MARION AND CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES...INCLUDING
AREAS AROUND CHARLES...WESTVILLE...BROOKLYN...LOUVALE...ZELLOBEE...
RENFROE...CHRISTOPHER...MANTA...CUSSETA...LUMPKIN...KIMBROUGH...
SEMINOLE...DUMAS...CENTERPOINT AND WESTON. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT
TO MINOR FLOODING.

THE HIGH RAIN TOTALS SEEN THUS FAR THIS SEASON HAS RESULTED IN
PERSISTENT WET SOILS FOR AREA TREES. THIS WILL ALLOW THESE TREES TO
FALL DUE TO WINDS MUCH LOWER THAN IN A TYPICAL SEASON...AS LOW AS 30
MPH IN SOME CASES.

&&

LAT...LON 3235 8444 3196 8450 3197 8489 3237 8481
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 297DEG 3KT 3215 8469
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:35 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
335 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

GAZ031-102000-
335 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN PAULDING COUNTY
UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

AT 334 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER YORKVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 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
PAULDING COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM INCLUDE YORKVILLE...UNION...HIRAM...DALLAS...NEW HOPE AND
NEW GEORGIA. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

THE HIGH RAIN TOTALS SEEN THUS FAR THIS SEASON HAS RESULTED IN
PERSISTENT WET SOILS FOR AREA TREES. THIS WILL ALLOW THESE TREES TO
FALL DUE TO WINDS MUCH LOWER THAN IN A TYPICAL SEASON...AS LOW AS 30
MPH IN SOME CASES.

&&

LAT...LON 3395 8498 3404 8494 3397 8478 3395 8474
      3381 8474 3377 8488 3379 8492 3387 8504
      3390 8503 3391 8505 3395 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 304DEG 5KT 3394 8496
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:51 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
351 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

GAZ020-031-032-102015-
351 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN PAULDING...BARTOW
AND COBB COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CROSS ROADS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
PAULDING...BARTOW AND COBB COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CROSS ROADS...ACWORTH...
LOST MOUNTAIN PARK...KENNESAW...DUE WEST...KENNESAW STATE
UNIVERSITY...JIM R MILLER PARK...SANDY PLAINS...WHITE WATER PARK...
DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE...MABLETON...SMYRNA AND MARIETTA. HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

THE HIGH RAIN TOTALS SEEN THUS FAR THIS SEASON HAS RESULTED IN
PERSISTENT WET SOILS FOR AREA TREES. THIS WILL ALLOW THESE TREES TO
FALL DUE TO WINDS MUCH LOWER THAN IN A TYPICAL SEASON...AS LOW AS 30
MPH IN SOME CASES.

&&

LAT...LON 3404 8444 3387 8446 3380 8457 3390 8473
      3396 8475 3401 8485 3409 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 298DEG 15KT 3399 8474
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:51 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
351 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

GAZ078-079-089>091-102030-
351 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 35 MPH WINDS IN TALBOT...
MUSCOGEE...MARION...CHATTAHOOCHEE AND HARRIS COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM
EDT...

AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER UPATOI...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
TALBOT...MUSCOGEE...MARION...CHATTAHOOCHEE AND HARRIS COUNTIES
THROUGH 430 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
ELLERSLIE...MIDLAND...UPATOI...BOX SPRINGS...JUNIPER...MARION
ESTATES...VISTA TERRACE...NORTH FORT BENNING...EELBECK/WEST FORT
BENNING...BENNING HILLS AND SAND HILL. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

THE HIGH RAIN TOTALS SEEN THUS FAR THIS SEASON HAS RESULTED IN
PERSISTENT WET SOILS FOR AREA TREES. THIS WILL ALLOW THESE TREES TO
FALL DUE TO WINDS MUCH LOWER THAN IN A TYPICAL SEASON...AS LOW AS 30
MPH IN SOME CASES.

&&

LAT...LON 3240 8451 3240 8494 3264 8481 3265 8461
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 359DEG 19KT 3259 8472

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 10:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee39 min
Jul 10, 12:31 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCWilkes6 hr
Jul 10, 3:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchFFCBanks, Clarke, Hall, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe and 1 more22 hr
Jul 10, 9:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski23 min
Jul 10, 9:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski30 min
Jul 10, 9:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge47 min
Jul 10, 10:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Pulaski60 min
Jul 10, 10:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCHouston, Pulaski6 hr
Jul 10, 10:51 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Oconee36 hr
Jul 10, 11:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens56 min
Jul 10, 12:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb37 min
Jul 10, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield45 min
Jul 10, 1:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb6 hr
Jul 10, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike32 min
Jul 10, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard29 min
Jul 10, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Gordon40 min
Jul 10, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson30 min
Jul 10, 2:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin23 min
Jul 10, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Pike, Talbot, Upson50 min
Jul 10, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris33 min
Jul 10, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson42 min
Jul 10, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk43 min
Jul 10, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Stewart, Webster40 min
Jul 10, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding25 min
Jul 10, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee27 min
Jul 10, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee37 min
Jul 10, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee48 min
Jul 10, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson47 min
Jul 10, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee24 min
Jul 10, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley52 min
Jul 10, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Fulton48 min
Jul 10, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke42 min
Jul 10, 6:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCClarke, Oconee4 hr
Jul 10, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry, Rockdale50 min
Jul 10, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry36 min
Jul 10, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade48 min
Jul 10, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry, Newton, Walton43 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.