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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 11, 20144 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jan 11, 2014, 6:18 AM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 27 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: Jan 11, 2014, 6:18 AM EST (11:18 UTC)
Expired: Jan 11, 2014, 6:45 AM EST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Chattooga County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 405 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 293 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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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 Jan 11, 4:17 AM EST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 4:17 AM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 6:12 AM EST, 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
612 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-121115-
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-
612 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
WARM MOIST AIR MOVING IN ACROSS THE STATE AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD
FRONT. THE FIRST WAVE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED
THROUGH THE AREA WITH THE MAIN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO
PUSH INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA. AS THIS LINE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA
INSTABILITY INDICES INCREASE ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST GA. WILL
SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF THE STATE. THIS LINE SHOULD EXIT OUR COUNTY WARNING
AREA BY 4 TO 6PM.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS EXPECTED TODAY WILL BE STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE
RULED OUT AS WELL. THE BEST LOCATION FOR THESE HAZARDS WILL BE
SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM AMERICUS TO WARRENTON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY WITH SHOWERS
AND A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS VERY LITTLE INSTABILITY
WITH THIS NEXT SYSTEM SO NOT EXPECTING ANY SEVERE WEATHER. NORTH GA
MAY SEE SOME FREEZING OR FROZEN PRECIP ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS
SYSTEM TUESDAY NIGHT.

.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, Jan 11, 1:57 AM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
157 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

GAZ067-078-110730-
157 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN MERIWETHER
AND HARRIS COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM EST...

AT 151 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HAMILTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS MERIWETHER AND HARRIS COUNTIES...INCLUDING
AREAS AROUND PINE MOUNTAIN VALLEY...HAMILTON...F.D. ROOSEVELT STATE
PARK...PINE MOUNTAIN-CALLAWAY GARDENS...SHILOH...STOVALL...DURAND...
WARM SPRINGS...MANCHESTER...HARRIS CITY...RALEIGH...GREENVILLE...
WOODBURY...IMLAC AND WOOSTER. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY
INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED
UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.

&&

LAT...LON 3287 8497 3287 8487 3296 8486 3322 8454
      3322 8451 3321 8450 3304 8454 3291 8453
      3284 8462 3285 8470 3279 8469 3263 8491
      3278 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0657Z 229DEG 47KT 3283 8486

Special weather statement, Jan 11, 2:51 AM EST, 3 hours 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
251 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

GAZ048-056-057-110815-
251 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN SPALDING...
NEWTON AND HENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 315 AM EST...

AT 249 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GRIFFIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS SPALDING...NEWTON AND HENRY COUNTIES...
INCLUDING AREAS AROUND EXPERIMENT...HIGHLAND MILLS...VAUGHN...
ZETELLA...ROVER...ORCHARD HILL...GRIFFIN...WALKER MILL...SUNNY
SIDE...TOWALAGA...LOCUST GROVE...LUELLA...BLACKSVILLE...MCDONOUGH AND
KELLEYTOWN. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.

&&

LAT...LON 3356 8409 3353 8404 3365 8393 3374 8391
      3362 8369 3349 8368 3350 8371 3344 8382
      3337 8386 3344 8393 3333 8404 3330 8410
      3328 8409 3325 8412 3318 8421 3319 8432
      3326 8441
TIME...MOT...LOC 0751Z 224DEG 50KT 3327 8425

Special weather statement, Jan 11, 3:20 AM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
320 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

GAZ048-057-058-110845-
320 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IN NEWTON...
BUTTS AND HENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM EST...

AT 312 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER OLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NEWTON...BUTTS AND HENRY
COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND WORTHVILLE...FINCHERVILLE...OAK
HILL...STEWART...OLA...ROCKY
PLAINS...PORTERDALE...COVINGTON...STARRSVILLE...OXFORD...MANSFIELD
AND BRICK STORE. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3369 8382 3365 8377 3364 8373 3362 8369
      3361 8370 3360 8368 3359 8369 3357 8368
      3352 8368 3335 8397 3349 8410
TIME...MOT...LOC 0819Z 232DEG 50KT 3349 8393

Special weather statement, Jan 11, 6:18 AM EST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
618 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

GAZ002>004-011-012-019-111145-
618 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN WHITFIELD...
WALKER...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...FLOYD AND GORDON COUNTIES UNTIL 645 AM
EST...

AT 612 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTER POST TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CHATTOOGAVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS WHITFIELD...WALKER...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...FLOYD AND GORDON
COUNTIES THROUGH 645 AM EST. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS INCLUDE CHATTOOGAVILLE...LYERLY...BERRYTON...CENTER POST...
NOBLE...HOLLAND...JAMES H. FLOYD STATE PARK...SUMMERVILLE...TRION...
LAFAYETTE...LINWOOD...COOSA...WOOD STATION...TIDINGS AND SUBLIGNA.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3493 8484 3487 8482 3484 8485 3480 8484
      3478 8486 3479 8487 3472 8485 3470 8489
      3471 8494 3466 8490 3468 8494 3462 8490
      3461 8476 3446 8482 3419 8545 3437 8549
      3476 8535 3499 8482
TIME...MOT...LOC 1118Z 242DEG 63KT 3471 8528 3448 8536
          3425 8546

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 11, 12:07 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 29 more	7 hr
Jan 11, 1:57 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Meriwether	33 min
Jan 11, 2:51 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry, Newton, Spalding	24 min
Jan 11, 3:20 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Newton	25 min
Jan 11, 6:39 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd, Haralson, Polk	36 min
Jan 11, 6:43 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens, Whitfield	32 min
Jan 11, 7:03 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow	27 min
Jan 11, 7:11 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer	34 min
Jan 11, 7:13 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson, Paulding, Polk	32 min
Jan 11, 7:23 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens	37 min
Jan 11, 7:29 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee	31 min
Jan 11, 7:37 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Paulding	23 min
Jan 11, 7:42 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding	48 min
Jan 11, 7:44 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dawson, Lumpkin, Pickens	46 min
Jan 11, 8:07 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall	23 min
Jan 11, 8:09 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Heard	36 min
Jan 11, 8:23 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Heard, Troup	37 min
Jan 11, 8:29 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson	16 min
Jan 11, 8:42 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Gwinnett, Jackson, Madison	48 min
Jan 11, 8:44 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and 4 more	46 min
Jan 11, 8:47 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson and 3 more	73 min
Jan 11, 8:50 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Meriwether, Newton and 3 more	40 min
Jan 11, 9:12 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	6 hr
Jan 11, 9:29 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth and 9 more	2 hr
Jan 11, 9:30 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe	30 min
Jan 11, 9:31 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry, Meriwether, Newton, Pike, Spalding	29 min
Jan 11, 9:42 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette and 7 more	2 hr
Jan 11, 9:57 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton	51 hr
Jan 11, 10:01 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Jasper, Lamar, Morgan, Pike, Talbot and 1 more	29 min
Jan 11, 10:03 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	22 hr
Jan 11, 10:17 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Barrow, Jackson	24 hr
Jan 11, 10:22 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Fulton, Gwinnett	24 hr
Jan 11, 10:26 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	2 hr
Jan 11, 10:29 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Oglethorpe, Putnam and 3 more	46 min
Jan 11, 10:32 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	24 hr
Jan 11, 10:41 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Oconee	3 days
Jan 11, 11:00 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon, Marion, Peach, Schley, Stewart, Sumter and 2 more	45 min
Jan 11, 11:06 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	24 hr
Jan 11, 11:19 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Hancock, Jones, Putnam and 1 more	26 min
Jan 11, 11:43 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crisp, Dooly, Hancock and 9 more	47 min
Jan 11, 12:08 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Twiggs, Wilkinson	37 min
Jan 11, 12:18 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Oconee and 4 more	72 min
Jan 11, 12:43 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson, Washington	32 min
Jan 11, 12:51 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox	24 min
Jan 11, 12:54 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard	43 hr
Jan 11, 1:00 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Elbert, Madison, Oglethorpe	22 hr
Jan 11, 1:05 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett, Walton	24 hr
Jan 11, 1:21 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler	39 min
Jan 11, 1:59 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler	46 min
Jan 11, 2:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Toombs	15 min
Jan 11, 4:04 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale	24 hr
Jan 11, 4:27 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Whitfield	36 hr
Jan 11, 5:51 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Morgan, Newton	24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.