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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 27, 2014Jones County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 27, 2014, 2:27 PM EDT for Jones 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 27, 2014, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2014, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Jones County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 731 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -12 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 27, 2:17 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 2:17 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 11:12 AM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1112 AM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-281515-
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-
1112 AM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014

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

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

...STRONG STORMS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED SEVERE
STORMS POSSIBLE...

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN AGAIN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA...GENERALLY FROM 2PM THROUGH 10PM. STRONG STORMS
WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE EXPECTED. A FEW OF THESE STORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL. IN
ADDITION...FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

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.

HIGH PRESSURE MAY LIMIT STORM POTENTIAL SUNDAY INTO MONDAY ACROSS
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...THOUGH CANNOT RULE OUT A SLIGHT TO
LOW CHANCE THIS FAR OUT IN THE FORECAST.

.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 27, 1:57 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 27, 2:20 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 27, 2:27 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 26, 8:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	27 min
May 26, 8:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	28 min
May 26, 9:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether	28 min
May 26, 9:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	39 min
May 26, 10:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	28 min
May 27, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Monroe	33 min
May 27, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Newton, Rockdale	25 min
May 27, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	24 min
May 27, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Twiggs	24 min
May 27, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	30 min
May 27, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Twiggs, Wilkinson	19 min
May 27, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Hancock, Twiggs, Wilkinson	36 min
May 27, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Washington, Wilkinson	35 min
May 27, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock	26 min
May 27, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson, Washington	24 min
May 27, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	25 min
May 27, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson	49 min
May 27, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Towns	26 min
May 27, 7:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	33 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2014 Every 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.