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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 21, 20146 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Feb 21, 2014, 8:52 AM EST for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 38 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: Feb 21, 2014, 8:52 AM EST (13:52 UTC)
Expired: Feb 21, 2014, 9:30 AM EST
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Emanuel County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 207 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: 968 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 4.3

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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 Feb 21, 7:59 AM EST, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 7:59 AM EST, 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 21, 2:08 AM EST, 6 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
208 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-221200-
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-
208 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING...

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

DAMAGING WINDS FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE MAIN
THREAT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE
RULED OUT.

DISCUSSION...

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. ALTHOUGH A WEAKENING TREND IS
EXPECTED... THERE APPEARS TO BE SUFFICIENT WIND SHEAR AND
INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS EMBEDDED
WITHIN THE LINE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. THE GREATER SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF
AN AMERICUS TO MCDONOUGH TO GAINESVILLE LINE THROUGH 10 AM THIS
MORNING.

ONCE THE LINE OF STORMS HAS MOVE EAST OF YOUR LOCATION... THE
SEVERE STORM THREAT WILL HAVE ENDED. ALL INTEREST ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS THROUGH THE MORNING AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

BEHIND TODAY'S COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE... NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER
IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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, Feb 21, 7:11 AM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 21, 7:15 AM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 21, 7:28 AM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 21, 7:42 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 21, 8:02 AM EST, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 21, 8:52 AM EST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 21, 12:28 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dade, Walker	32 min
Feb 21, 12:57 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker	48 min
Feb 21, 1:44 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	31 min
Feb 21, 1:51 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield	39 min
Feb 21, 2:07 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Murray, Walker, Whitfield	38 min
Feb 21, 2:28 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Floyd, Polk	47 min
Feb 21, 2:37 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	23 min
Feb 21, 2:45 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Floyd	45 min
Feb 21, 2:46 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Gordon, Murray	44 min
Feb 21, 3:34 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Henry, Pike, Spalding	41 min
Feb 21, 3:40 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens and 1 more	65 min
Feb 21, 3:46 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	44 min
Feb 21, 4:08 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Muscogee, Talbot	52 min
Feb 21, 4:26 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding	49 min
Feb 21, 4:34 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	26 min
Feb 21, 4:48 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson, Lumpkin, Towns, White	27 min
Feb 21, 4:55 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Monroe, Upson	65 min
Feb 21, 5:03 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth, Hall	42 min
Feb 21, 5:11 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon, Schley	49 min
Feb 21, 5:17 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Talbot	58 min
Feb 21, 5:22 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart, Webster	68 min
Feb 21, 5:37 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper, Putnam	53 min
Feb 21, 5:41 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam	49 min
Feb 21, 5:42 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dade	21 hr
Feb 21, 5:59 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Sumter	46 min
Feb 21, 6:11 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Sumter	34 min
Feb 21, 6:21 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Peach, Taylor	54 min
Feb 21, 6:25 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon, Schley	50 min
Feb 21, 6:43 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones, Monroe, Putnam	32 min
Feb 21, 6:50 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Sumter	40 min
Feb 21, 7:10 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes, Wilkinson	35 min
Feb 21, 7:11 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Houston, Twiggs	49 min
Feb 21, 7:15 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	15 min
Feb 21, 7:42 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Glascock, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington and 2 more	48 min
Feb 21, 8:02 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	43 min
Feb 21, 8:23 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens	37 min
Feb 21, 8:48 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson	27 min
Feb 21, 9:28 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	32 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.