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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 1, 2013Carroll County, Douglas County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Sep 1, 2013, 3:02 PM EDT for Carroll County, Douglas County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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
Sep 1, 2013, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2013, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Carroll County, GA, Douglas County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 2013-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1924 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 2013-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
1924 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 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

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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 1, 2:03 PM EDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 2:03 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 11:55 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1155 AM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-021600-
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-
1155 AM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013

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

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

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE
EXPECTED IN NORTH GEORGIA. THE COMBINATION OF INCOMING REMNANTS OF
A CONVECTIVE SYSTEM MOVING SOUTH OUT OF TENNESSEE AND A
WEAK DISTURBANCE PUSHING INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...IN
CONCERT WITH ENHANCED MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW FOR STORM
DEVELOPMENT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
STRIKES. TRAINING CELLS MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING
THREATS AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
TUESDAY...PARTICULARLY EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG STORMS WILL
EXIST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. BY
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA FRIDAY
INTO SATURDAY AS ANOTHER UPPER DISTURBANCE PUSHES TOWARD THE
SOUTHEAST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 1, 1:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 1, 2:34 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 1, 2:52 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 1, 3:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
302 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013

GAZ041>044-053-054-011945-
302 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 35 MPH WINDS
IN CARROLL...COWETA...DOUGLAS...FAYETTE...HARALSON AND FULTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 301 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SWEETWATER CREEK STATE PARK TO 5 MILES
SOUTH OF TALLAPOOSA...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS CARROLL...COWETA...DOUGLAS...FAYETTE...HARALSON AND FULTON
COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS INCLUDE SWEETWATER CREEK STATE PARK...WINSTON...
DOUGLASVILLE...LITHIA SPRINGS...LAKE VAL-DO-MAR...VILLA RICA...
TEMPLE...BREMEN...WACO...TALLAPOOSA...CHAPEL HILL...BOWDON
JUNCTION...BILL ARP...ABILENE AND TREASURE LAKE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3378 8491 3377 8482 3379 8473 3380 8472
      3380 8463 3375 8457 3343 8450 3340 8488
      3346 8531 3375 8537
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 355DEG 9KT 3372 8464 3369 8489
          3366 8530

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 9:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray51 min
Aug 31, 9:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMurray6 hr
Aug 31, 10:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns57 min
Sep 1, 5:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer, Murray, Pickens40 min
Sep 1, 6:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer, Pickens38 min
Sep 1, 7:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGilmer6 hr
Sep 1, 12:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon, Pickens40 min
Sep 1, 12:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton, Gwinnett40 min
Sep 1, 12:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison46 min
Sep 1, 1:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Polk39 min
Sep 1, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett, Walton42 min
Sep 1, 1:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson, Paulding, Polk52 min
Sep 1, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas, Paulding41 min
Sep 1, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe36 min
Sep 1, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Douglas, Haralson29 min
Sep 1, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, DeKalb, Fulton41 min
Sep 1, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Henry, Newton, Rockdale23 min
Sep 1, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa43 min
Sep 1, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts50 min
Sep 1, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Heard44 min
Sep 1, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette, Meriwether51 min
Sep 1, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Murray, Whitfield45 min
Sep 1, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Murray, Whitfield44 min
Sep 1, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Monroe23 min
Sep 1, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson47 min
Sep 1, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon44 min
Sep 1, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb40 min
Sep 1, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee48 min
Sep 1, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Macon, Taylor44 min
Sep 1, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock28 min
Sep 1, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Warren47 min

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Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2013Every special weather statement in 2013

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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.