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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Dec 29, 2013, 4:30 AM EST for Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
- Dec 29, 2013, 4:30 AM EST (09:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2013, 5:00 AM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Telfair County, GA
The radar
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The text
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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 Dec 29, 4:17 AM EST, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 4:17 AM EST, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 417 AM EST SUN DEC 29 2013 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS THE UPPER TROUGH LIFTS INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND BECOMES ABSORBED INTO THE NORTHERN SHORT WAVE BY THIS AFTERNOON...THE SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA INTO THE CAROLINAS SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK AND CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE FORECAST AREA. SHORT TERM MODELS HAVE INITIALIZED PRETTY WELL AND ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT. BULK OF THE MODERATE RAIN IS CONFINED TO EAST GEORGIA THIS MORNING...AND THUNDER IS GENERALLY NEAR THE SURFACE LOW WHERE BEST INSTABILITY /MUCAPES 300-500/ IS LOCATED. EXPECT LOW TO BE EXITING EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING...AND WILL KEEP ISOLATED THUNDER IN UNTIL 9AM. WRAPAROUND MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER LOW WILL ALLOW FOR LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY FROM THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA AND NORTHWARD...BUT THIS TOO SHOULD START TO DIMINISH RAPIDLY BETWEEN 8-10AM. LOW CLOUDS SHOULD LINGER THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WITH SCATTERING OF CLOUDS BY MIDDAY AND CLEARING BY THIS AFTERNOON. SHORT TERM MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH MOVING THE MORNING RAIN OUT OF THE AREA AND KEEPING ANY WRAPAROUND MOISTURE NORTH OF THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING WHEN TEMPERATURES IN NORTH GEORGIA DROP INTO THE 30S. GIVEN THIS AM CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO DROP ANY MENTION OF WINTRY PRECIP ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE TRICKY THIS MORNING AS MODELS SHOWING A SHARP SHIFT FROM EAST TO NORTHWEST OR WEST AS SURFACE LOW TREKS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...WITH WEST WINDS CONTINUING THIS AFTERNOON...WITH 925MB WINDS NEAR 20KT EXPECT THERE WILL BE SOME GUSTS ACROSS THE AREA TROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH MONDAY WHEN NEXT SHORT WAVE APPROACHES NORTHWEST GEORGIA BY LATE AFTERNOON. MODELS DIVERGE ON WHETHER BEST MOISTURE WILL BE ACROSS NORTH OR SOUTH GEORGIA...HOWEVER THEY ARE CONSISTENT IN BRINGING THE VORT LOBE ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA BY LATE AFTERNOON. EVEN WITH LIMITED MOISTURE THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO INCLUDE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THIS TIME AND ALLOW LATER SHIFTS TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR SITUATION. TEMPERATURES WILL DEPEND UPON HOW LONG CLOUDS LINGER THIS MORNING ACROSS THE AREA...AND WHILE GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES ARE IN LINE HAVE GENERALLY LEANED ON THE COOLER SIDE FOR TODAY WITH A BLEND TONIGHT AND MONDAY...WHEN TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME MORE SEASONAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. ATWELL .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... LONG RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A STRONG UPPER DISTURBANCE TRAVERSING THE STATE MONDAY NIGHT AND REESTABLISHING A NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT FOR TUESDAY. MODELS AGREE ON A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ASSOCIATED LIGHT RAIN WITH THIS DISTURBANCE ACROSS SOUTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA MONDAY NIGHT... HOWEVER... COULD SEE SOME PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA... SO WILL MENTION THIS POSSIBILITY THERE. SHOULD CLEAR OUT ON TUESDAY IN WAKE OF THE DEPARTING DISTURBANCE WITH DRY HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MODELS CONTINUE TO DISAGREE ON AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND THEREFORE RAIN CHANCES FOR THURSDAY... WITH ECMWF TAPPING INTO SUFFICIENT GULF MOISTURE TO SPREAD WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY. THE GFS SHOWS A DRY REINFORCING COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH NO QPF ON THURSDAY. WILL CONTINUE TO COMPROMISE AND SHOW SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. BOTH MODELS AGREE ANY LINGERING MOISTURE WILL DEPART EAST THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE THE COLDER AIR ARRIVES THURSDAY NIGHT. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT... DRY HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DOMINATE THROUGH SATURDAY. /39 && .HYDROLOGY... RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THE PAST 24 HOURS... AND AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH LATE MORNING. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS COMBINED WITH WET SOIL CONDITIONS AND ABOVE NORMAL STREAM-FLOWS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL MINOR FLOODING ALONG SOME AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED FOR NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING... AND WILL END BY THIS AFTERNOON FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AS A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PUSHES EAST. THEREFORE... THE FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON DESPITE CONTINUED RISES ON SOME CREEKS AND RIVERS. STAY TUNED. && .AVIATION... /ISSUED AT 108 AM EST SUN DEC 29 2013/ 06Z UPDATE... IFR/LIFR OVERNIGHT WITH RA/-RA EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE MAINLY EAST THROUGH 11-12Z AND SHIFT SHARPLY OUT OF WEST TO NORTHWEST AS SURFACE LOW MOVES ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA. EXPECT RAIN TO END QUICKLY AS WINDS SHIFTS/LOW PASSES. WINDS WILL BE 5-10KTS OUT OF THE EAST INITIALLY AND 10-14KTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS OUT OF THE WEST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. CIGS/VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE TO MVFR/VFR AFTER 18Z //ATL CONFIDENCE...06Z UPDATE... MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ALL ELEMENTS. ATWELL && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 56 39 55 33 / 70 0 10 10 ATLANTA 54 39 52 33 / 60 0 10 10 BLAIRSVILLE 48 35 47 25 / 70 5 20 20 CARTERSVILLE 51 36 48 28 / 60 5 20 10 COLUMBUS 57 40 57 36 / 50 0 10 10 GAINESVILLE 52 38 50 32 / 70 0 10 10 MACON 61 39 59 37 / 50 0 10 20 ROME 50 36 47 27 / 60 5 20 20 PEACHTREE CITY 56 37 54 30 / 50 0 10 10 VIDALIA 63 44 62 41 / 70 5 10 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BALDWIN...BANKS...BARROW...BIBB...BLECKLEY...BUTTS... CHATTAHOOCHEE...CLARKE...CLAYTON...COWETA...CRAWFORD...CRISP... DEKALB...DODGE...DOOLY...EMANUEL...FAYETTE...FORSYTH... GLASCOCK...GREENE...GWINNETT...HALL...HANCOCK...HARRIS...HENRY... HOUSTON...JACKSON...JASPER...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...JONES... LAMAR...LAURENS...MACON...MADISON...MARION...MERIWETHER... MONROE...MONTGOMERY...MORGAN...MUSCOGEE...NEWTON...NORTH FULTON...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...PEACH...PIKE...PULASKI...PUTNAM... ROCKDALE...SCHLEY...SOUTH FULTON...SPALDING...STEWART...SUMTER... TALBOT...TALIAFERRO...TAYLOR...TELFAIR...TOOMBS...TREUTLEN... TROUP...TWIGGS...UPSON...WALTON...WARREN...WASHINGTON... WEBSTER...WHEELER...WILCOX...WILKES...WILKINSON. && SHORT TERM...ATWELL LONG TERM....39 AVIATION...ATWELL
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 29, 3:24 AM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 324 AM EST SUN DEC 29 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-301030- 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- 324 AM EST SUN DEC 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN ENDING THIS MORNING... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS MORNING... ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH MID MORNING... WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... MAIN THREAT IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR FLOODING ALONG AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS FROM HEAVY RAINS THAT OCCURRED EARLY THIS MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CORDELE TO DUBLIN TO LOUISVILLE. DISCUSSION... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING... WHILE MAINLY LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. THE RAIN WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT... AND AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH LATE MORNING. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS COMBINED WITH WET SOIL CONDITIONS AND ABOVE NORMAL STREAM FLOWS COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING ALONG SOME CREEKS AND RIVERS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH MID MORNING AS A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. NO STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN WILL END THIS MORNING... MINOR FLOODING ALONG SOME AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS MAY CONTINUE ON MONDAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 29, 4:30 AM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
430 AM EST SUN DEC 29 2013
GAZ110-291000-
430 AM EST SUN DEC 29 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MPH WINDS IN TELFAIR COUNTY UNTIL
500 AM EST...
AT 422 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM MILAN TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
TEMPERANCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS EXHIBITED AREAS OF
LOCALIZED...WEAK ROTATION...BUT NOTHING STRONG ENOUGH TO INDICATE THE
PRESENCE OF A TORNADO AT 422 AM EST. STILL...THE ENVIRONMENT ALONG
THIS LINE SUGGESTS AN ENHANCED RISK OF A BRIEF...GENERALLY
WEAK...TORNADO FORMING. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AS
THE LINE MOVES ACROSS TELFAIR COUNTY THROUGH 500 AM EST.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE TEMPERANCE...
MILAN...CHINA HILL...HELENA...WORKMORE...HELENA...MCRAE AND SCOTLAND.
EVERYONE IN THIS AREA IS URGED TO REMAIN INDOORS AND BE ALERT TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED WIND DAMAGE AND WEAK TORNADOES THAT FORM AND
DISSIPATE RAPIDLY. ONCE THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES EAST OF YOUR
AREA...THE RISK OF TORNADO FORMATION WILL DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY.
&&
LAT...LON 3180 8309 3180 8314 3185 8318 3194 8317
3212 8294 3214 8296 3215 8294 3213 8294
3211 8290 3208 8288 3205 8281 3201 8276
3192 8279 3179 8307
TIME...MOT...LOC 0929Z 241DEG 29KT 3204 8306 3195 8308
3184 8312The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 9:44 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 3 days |
| Dec 29, 5:02 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Jones | 25 hr |
| Dec 29, 9:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 56 hr |
| Dec 29, 9:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Putnam | 7 hr |
| Dec 29, 9:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 23 hr |
| Dec 29, 4:27 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 38 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.