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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 31, 2014Hancock County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2014, 3:33 PM EDT for Hancock County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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 31, 2014, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2014, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Hancock County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 292 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: 958 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -9 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 31, 2:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 2:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 11:34 AM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1134 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-011545-
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-
1134 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 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 TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...GENERALLY FROM 2 PM THROUGH 10
PM. EXPECT STORMS TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN GEORGIA AND SPREAD
WESTWARD THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

SUNDAY AND MONDAY...HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD LIMIT STORM POTENTIAL TO
ONLY THE FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF GEORGIA AND A SLIGHT CHANCE AT
THAT.

TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...BETTER STORM CHANCES RETURN ACROSS THE
AREA WITH HIGHEST CHANCES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.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 31, 1:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 2:34 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 2:56 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 3:21 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 3:33 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 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, 9:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pike	30 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, 3:42 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

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.