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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 30, 2014, 1:41 AM EDT for Stewart County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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 30, 2014, 1:41 AM EDT (05:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2014, 2:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Stewart County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Apr 30, 1:40 AM EDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 1:40 AM EDT, 1 minute before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 9:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 900 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-301930- 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- 900 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT... ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT... ...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT... .WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... DAMAGING WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAIN AND MINOR RIVER FLOODING IS ALSO EXPECTED. .DISCUSSION... A LARGE COMPLEX OF STORMS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA COAST HAS DECREASED INSTABILITY AND LOW LEVEL VERTICAL WIND SHEAR ACROSS ALABAMA AND GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...THE OVERALL THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DECREASED FROM EARLIER THOUGHT. HEAVY RAIN AND MINOR FLOODING STILL REMAINS LIKELY LATER TONIGHT...HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR SERIOUS FLOODING HAS ALSO DIMINISHED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THE RISK FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...HEAVY RAIN AND MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY...MAINLY OVER MIDDLE GEORGIA. THE THREAT SHOULD END AFTER SUNSET ACROSS THE STATE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WITH NIGHTFALL AND LOWERING THREAT LEVELS...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOW OPTIONAL. SPOTTERS CAN ALWAYS A REPORT FROM HOME OR WHILE MOBILE AT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 1:41 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
141 AM EDT WED APR 30 2014
GAZ102-300630-
141 AM EDT WED APR 30 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN IN
STEWART COUNTY UNTIL 230 AM EDT...
AT 140 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANFORD... AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE
NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL
WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES. BRIEF PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS
LIKELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3192 8492 3195 8497 3197 8497 3197 8504
3200 8507 3209 8506 3213 8507 3220 8498
3223 8497 3224 8492 3222 8481 3223 8465
3218 8463 3216 8465 3206 8464 3192 8466
TIME...MOT...LOC 0539Z 235DEG 35KT 3195 8502The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 76 min |
| Apr 30, 3:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Webster | 51 min |
| Apr 30, 3:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:08 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Clayton and 43 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach and 3 more | 77 min |
| Apr 30, 6:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach and 5 more | 94 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014
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.