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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2014, 9:45 PM EDT for Pike County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 30, 2014, 9:45 PM EDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2014, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Pike County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 16 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
- 1030 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1184 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 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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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 30, 7:45 PM EDT, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 7:45 PM EDT, 2 hours before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1208 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-311615- 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- 1208 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...SOME STRONG STORMS WITH ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING... WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. DISCUSSION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN AGAIN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...GENERALLY FROM 2 PM THROUGH 10 PM. SOME 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... SATURDAY...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE COMBINATION OF DAYTIME HEATING WITH DECENT INSTABILITY IN A LINGERING MOIST AIRMASS. A WEAK FRONT ALSO LOOKS TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY WHICH MAY AID IN STORM DEVELOPMENT. THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING PERIODS SHOULD HAVE THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR STORMS. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SUNDAY AND MONDAY...HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD LIMIT STORM POTENTIAL TO ONLY THE FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF GEORGIA AND A SLIGHT CHANCE AT THAT. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...BETTER STORM CHANCES RETURN FROM THE NORTHWEST THOUGH STILL DECENT UNCERTAINTY THIS FAR OUT IN THE FORECAST. PLEASE MONITOR FUTURE UPDATES. .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. 30
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Special weather statement, May 30, 7:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 39 min |
| May 30, 9:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 28 min |
| May 30, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 31 min |
| May 31, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 28 min |
| May 31, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 26 min |
| May 31, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 49 min |
| May 31, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 24 min |
| May 31, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 42 min |
| May 31, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 33 min |
| May 31, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 35 min |
| May 31, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 47 min |
| May 31, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 28 min |
| May 31, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 30 min |
| May 31, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 27 min |
| May 31, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 25 min |
| May 31, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 29 min |
| May 31, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 23 min |
| May 31, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 34 min |
| May 31, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 32 min |
| May 31, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 24 min |
| May 31, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 28 min |
| May 31, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 30 min |
| May 31, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 27 min |
| May 31, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 29 min |
| May 31, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 34 min |
| May 31, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 47 min |
| May 31, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 26 min |
| May 31, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 30 min |
| May 31, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 38 min |
| May 31, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 50 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.