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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 29, 2014Dodge County, Laurens County, Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 29, 2014, 9:04 AM EDT for Dodge County, Laurens County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 56 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: Apr 29, 2014, 9:04 AM EDT (13:04 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2014, 10:00 AM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Dodge County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 239 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: 1060 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
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 Apr 29, 7:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 7:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 5:50 AM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
550 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-301000-
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-
550 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

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

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

...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY AND
   TONIGHT OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...
...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT...

.WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...ISOLATED TORNADOES...AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. MINOR TO POSSIBLE MODERATE RIVER FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE.

.DISCUSSION...
A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO FAR NORTHWEST GEORGIA LATE
TONIGHT. MODERATE INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR WILL ALLOW FOR THE
POTENTIAL OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY
WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THE MOST LIKELY THREAT.
THE MOST LIKELY AREA WILL BE FROM TOWNS TO CARROLL COUNTY AND SOUTH.
THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD MINOR TO POSSIBLY MODERATE AREAL AND RIVER
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED. REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER CAN
BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 29, 5:59 AM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
559 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N COLUMBUS            32.54N  84.99W
04/29/2014                   MUSCOGEE           GA   911 CALL CENTER

            25 TO 35 TREES REPORTED DOWN ACROSS NORTHEAST COLUMBUS
            BY 911 CENTER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1400564

DEESE

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 6:09 AM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
609 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

GAZ102>104-291100-
609 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN WEBSTER...SUMTER
AND STEWART COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM EDT...

AT 608 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR OMAHA TO ABOUT
15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TROUTMAN... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF
WEBSTER... SUMTER AND STEWART COUNTIES THROUGH 700 AM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE OMAHA...PROVIDENCE
CANYON STATE PARK...SANFORD...CHARLES...WESTVILLE...LUMPKIN...
TROUTMAN...LOUVALE.. .KIMBROUGH...BROOKLYN...RICHLAND...WESTON...
RENFROE... LEVERETTS AND SEMINOLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3187 8435 3195 8444 3191 8446 3192 8492
      3217 8504 3223 8497 3224 8492 3223 8463
      3213 8452 3213 8444 3217 8442 3216 8419
      3223 8418 3223 8414 3219 8413 3217 8403
      3192 8392 3191 8433
TIME...MOT...LOC 1008Z 241DEG 38KT 3219 8491 3197 8477
          3174 8482

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 7:03 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
703 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

GAZ093>095-104>108-291200-
703 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS AND MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN IN WILCOX...SUMTER...PULASKI...PEACH...MACON...
CRISP...DOOLY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM EDT...

AT 702 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... WITH THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDING
FROM NEAR HICKS TO ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF FORT EARLY...AND MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS AREA
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS WILCOX... SUMTER...
PULASKI...PEACH...MACON...CRISP...DOOLY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES.

DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS LIKELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3184 8393 3193 8392 3209 8398 3219 8405
      3219 8413 3242 8419 3250 8413 3255 8395
      3269 8377 3266 8357 3252 8354 3248 8349
      3240 8350 3227 8335 3218 8330 3210 8333
      3198 8329 3185 8318 3185 8360 3180 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 1100Z 264DEG 34KT 3248 8400 3221 8398
          3191 8411

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 7:22 AM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
722 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

GAZ007-013-014-291230-
722 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN PICKENS...DAWSON
AND GILMER COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM EDT...

AT 720 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR ROUNDTOP TO
NEAR TALMADGE... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY AS THIS LINE
OF STORMS MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF PICKENS...DAWSON AND GILMER COUNTIES
THROUGH 800 AM EDT. BRIEF PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS IS LIKELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3473 8426 3467 8425 3463 8419 3454 8419
      3451 8415 3437 8447 3438 8448 3438 8458
      3441 8459 3441 8463 3448 8462 3470 8465
      3481 8431
TIME...MOT...LOC 1120Z 243DEG 29KT 3461 8452 3452 8449
          3442 8452

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 8:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 9:04 AM EDT, 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
Apr 28, 8:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	17 min
Apr 28, 9:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dade	31 min
Apr 28, 11:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Walker	45 min
Apr 28, 11:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa	27 min
Apr 29, 2:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Dade, Walker	46 min
Apr 29, 3:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	51 min
Apr 29, 3:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Dade, Walker	51 min
Apr 29, 3:34 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield	6 hr
Apr 29, 4:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Whitfield	24 min
Apr 29, 4:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	50 min
Apr 29, 4:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee	60 min
Apr 29, 5:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee	44 min
Apr 29, 5:03 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee	42 min
Apr 29, 6:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart, Sumter, Webster	51 min
Apr 29, 7:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach, Pulaski and 1 more	57 min
Apr 29, 7:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer, Pickens	68 min
Apr 29, 8:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Sumter, Wilcox	57 min
Apr 29, 9:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski	30 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.