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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 26, 2014Meriwether County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2014, 7:57 PM EDT for Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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: May 26, 2014, 7:57 PM EDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2014, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Meriwether County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 36 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: 107 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1188 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 May 26, 7:32 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 7:32 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 11:48 AM EDT, 8 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1148 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-271600-
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-
1148 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN AGAIN BE EXPECTED ALONG
WITH SOME STRONG AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS INTO THE EVENING.
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY DUE TO MAINLY THE
COMBINATION OF DAYTIME HEATING WITH DECENT INSTABILITY IN A
LINGERING MOIST AIRMASS. THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING PERIODS LOOK
TO HAVE THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR STORMS. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME
STRONG AND ISOLATED SEVERE ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. THE MAIN THREATS
WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
SUBMIT REPORTS OF STRONG AND SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING
TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 26, 5:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
552 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

GAZ019-020-262230-
552 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN BARTOW AND
FLOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

AT 547 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF SHANNON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
BARTOW AND FLOYD COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SHANNON...PINSON...KINGSTON...CASSVILLE...
ADAIRSVILLE...PINE LOG...FUNKHOUSER AND FOLSOM. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3430 8518 3439 8503 3439 8498 3440 8498
      3439 8496 3440 8495 3440 8474 3442 8473
      3441 8465 3436 8466 3435 8464 3432 8466
      3415 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 239DEG 20KT 3427 8503

Special weather statement, May 26, 5:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
558 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

GAZ082-083-262230-
558 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN TWIGGS AND
BIBB COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

AT 554 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LAKE TOBESOFKEE...MOVING EAST AT 10 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 TWIGGS AND BIBB COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN
THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE LAKE TOBESOFKEE...LIZELLA...
WESLEYAN...ARKWRIGHT...CROSS KEYS...PAYNE CITY AND MACON. HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3279 8386 3282 8389 3285 8389 3295 8373
      3295 8371 3292 8370 3289 8365 3289 8360
      3287 8358 3288 8357 3286 8355 3273 8356
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 275DEG 8KT 3288 8381

Special weather statement, May 26, 6:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 7:01 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 7:31 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 7:57 PM 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
May 25, 8:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	30 min
May 25, 8:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson, Washington	40 min
May 25, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	31 min
May 25, 8:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington	37 min
May 25, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Toombs	44 min
May 25, 8:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	43 min
May 25, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson, Washington	47 min
May 25, 9:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Toombs	16 min
May 25, 9:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson	36 min
May 25, 9:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	29 min
May 25, 9:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	25 min
May 25, 9:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson	47 min
May 25, 10:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston	23 min
May 25, 10:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston	29 min
May 25, 10:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Houston, Laurens, Pulaski, Twiggs, Wilkinson	62 min
May 25, 10:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	31 min
May 25, 11:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox	48 min
May 25, 11:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski, Wheeler	44 min
May 26, 12:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Wheeler	29 min
May 26, 12:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	34 min
May 26, 12:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler	47 min
May 26, 12:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	10 min
May 26, 2:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	37 min
May 26, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb	30 min
May 26, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	29 min
May 26, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa	34 min
May 26, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	30 min
May 26, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walton	37 min
May 26, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	33 min
May 26, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts	28 min
May 26, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	35 min
May 26, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar	33 min
May 26, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	36 min
May 26, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts	28 min
May 26, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry, Newton	27 min
May 26, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	31 min
May 26, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	27 min
May 26, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	29 min
May 26, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	38 min
May 26, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	32 min
May 26, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	28 min
May 26, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	29 min
May 26, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	29 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.