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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2013, 3:48 PM EDT for Jasper County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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 26, 2013, 3:48 PM EDT (19:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2013, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Jasper County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 924 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 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 26, 1:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 1:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 4:33 AM EDT, 11 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 433 AM EDT FRI JUL 26 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-271000- 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- 433 AM EDT FRI JUL 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS EASTERN GEORGIA. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. DISCUSSION... DAYTIME HEATING WILL ALLOW FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. THE BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERALLY BE ACROSS EASTERN GEORGIA WHERE A WEAK DISTURBANCE MAY HELP ENHANCE CONVECTION. THIS IS ALSO THE AREA THAT HAS A BETTER CHANCE OF A STRONGER STORM. THE MOST LIKELY TIMING FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH A DECREASE IN INSTABILITY...THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD TRANSITION TO SHOWERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... DISCUSSION... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY...HELPING TO INCREASE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. A FEW STORMS WITH THIS SYSTEM COULD BECOME STRONG AND THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE WIND. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY HOWEVER CHANCES WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AFFECTS GEORGIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
207 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2013
GAZ015-016-261900-
207 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN WHITE AND LUMPKIN
COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...
AT 204 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM OVER CAMP COLEMAN LAKE THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN OVER THE AREA OVER THE LAST HOUR.
RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS
WHITE AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND QUALATCHEE
LAKE...TURNERS CORNER...UNICOI STATE PARK...ANNA RUBY FALLS AND
HELEN. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3476 8366 3461 8376 3462 8386 3466 8392
3473 8388 3473 8383 3478 8383 3478 8377
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 198DEG 2KT 3468 8386Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:27 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
327 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2013
GAZ058-262015-
327 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 50 MPH WINDS IN BUTTS COUNTY
UNTIL 415 PM EDT...
AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MCKIBBEN...MOVING EAST 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
BUTTS COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM INCLUDE MCKIBBEN...JENKINSBURG...INDIAN SPRINGS STATE PARK...
JACKSON...FLOVILLA...STARK AND WORTHVILLE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3340 8390 3337 8386 3334 8386 3333 8384
3327 8383 3325 8381 3323 8382 3320 8401
3320 8409 3327 8411 3329 8409 3330 8410
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 252DEG 14KT 3327 8401Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:48 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
348 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2013
GAZ048-058-059-262030-
348 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN NEWTON...BUTTS
AND JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT...
AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WORTHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
NEWTON...BUTTS AND JASPER COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FINCHERVILLE...WORTHVILLE...TURTLE
COVE...STEWART...NORTH ALCOVY...CALVIN...EUDORA...MONTICELLO...
STARRSVILLE AND MANSFIELD. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3338 8399 3340 8398 3341 8398 3359 8375
3331 8358 3325 8381 3340 8390 3336 8399
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 249DEG 11KT 3338 8392The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 53 min |
| Jul 26, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 44 min |
| Jul 26, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 44 min |
| Jul 26, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 27 min |
| Jul 26, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 37 min |
| Jul 26, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 24 min |
| Jul 26, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 34 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.