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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, 7:37 AM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 23 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, 7:37 AM EST (12:37 UTC)
Expired: Jan 11, 2014, 8:00 AM EST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Carroll County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Paulding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:40 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 55 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: 214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 452 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 501 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

149 
WWUS82 KFFC 111237
SPSFFC

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

GAZ020-031-032-041>043-111300-
737 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AN ENHANCED RISK OF BRIEF
TORNADOES AND 35 MPH WINDS IN PAULDING...BARTOW...CARROLL...COBB...
DOUGLAS AND HARALSON COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM EST...

AT 735 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CROSS ROADS TO BOWDON...MOVING EAST AT 60
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 735 AM EST. STILL...THE ENVIRONMENT ALONG
THIS LINE SUGGESTS AN ENHANCED RISK OF A BRIEF...GENERALLY WEAK...
TORNADO FORMING. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AS THE LINE
MOVES ACROSS PAULDING...BARTOW...CARROLL...COBB...DOUGLAS AND
HARALSON COUNTIES THROUGH 800 AM EST.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE UNION...BOWDON
JUNCTION...JOHN TANNER STATE PARK...BOWDON...MOUNT ZION...TEMPLE...
DALLAS...BURNT HICKORY RIDGE...EMERSON...GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
STATE PARK...ABILENE...ACWORTH...NEW HOPE...NEW GEORGIA AND CROSS
ROADS.

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.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA
OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3382 8502 3413 8479 3414 8466 3408 8466
      3407 8442 3398 8437 3391 8445 3383 8445
      3368 8466 3365 8466 3362 8474 3363 8475
      3355 8483 3351 8532 3356 8532
TIME...MOT...LOC 1237Z 264DEG 52KT 3406 8474 3381 8492
          3358 8519

$$

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, 6:18 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Gordon, Walker, Whitfield	27 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, 7:42 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.