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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 5, 2014Clayton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 5, 2014, 7:55 PM EDT for Clayton County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2014, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2014, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Clayton County, GA

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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 Jun 5, 7:30 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 7:30 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 5:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
518 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-062130-
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-
518 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

...SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT
ACROSS NORTHWEST AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
DAMAGING STRAIGHTLINE WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE
MAIN THREAT...HOWEVER LARGE HAIL IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. THE
MAIN THREAT AREA WILL BE MAINLY WEST OF ALINE FROM BLUE
RIDGE...TO ATLANTA...TO COLUMBUS.

DISCUSSION...
A LARGE AREA THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WERE MOVING ACROSS
SOUTHCENTRAL TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN ALABAMA. THIS AREA WILL MOVE
INTO NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING. THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
THROUGH TONIGHT...AND THIS WILL KEEP THE POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED
SEVERE STORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS
EVENING. AS THE STORMS MOVE INTO EAST AND CENTRAL GEORGIA LATE
TONIGHT...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL STABILIZE SOMEWHAT...HOWEVER AN
ISOLATED SEVERE STORM REMAINS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES WILL INTERACT WITH A WEAK FRONTAL
BOUNDARY ACROSS THE AREA TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ON
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ALTHOUGH THE FRONT PUSHES NORTH BY SUNDAY... A MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
STORMS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE STATE ON TUESDAY AND HELP
ENHANCE STORM DEVELOPMENT FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THIS EVENING. ALSO...SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY
GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 7:30 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
730 PM EDT THU JUN 05 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0640 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 W CALHOUN             34.50N  85.00W
06/05/2014                   GORDON             GA   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF A CHURCH IN
            CALHOUN. ROOF PANELS WERE TORN OFF OF THE BUILDING

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1400657

AGIBBS
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:38 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
738 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

GAZ004>007-060015-
738 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN WHITFIELD...
MURRAY...FANNIN AND GILMER COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

AT 737 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM TENNGA TO CRANDALL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS
WHITFIELD...MURRAY...FANNIN AND GILMER COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE FORT MOUNTAIN STATE
PARK...CHATSWORTH...ETON...CRANDALL...SUMAC...CISCO...GREGORY...
TENNGA...BEAVERDALE...CONASAUGA LAKE...MOUNTAINTOWN...COHUTTA
WILDERNESS...JONES MILL...EAST ELLIJAY AND ELLIJAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3463 8429 3473 8481 3499 8490 3499 8430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 273DEG 34KT 3503 8474 3484 8470
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:39 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
739 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

GAZ031-041>043-060030-
739 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 50 MPH WINDS IN PAULDING...
CARROLL...DOUGLAS AND HARALSON COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM EDT...

AT 737 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TEMPLE TO 19 MILES
WEST OF BOWDON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS
PAULDING...CARROLL...DOUGLAS AND HARALSON COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM
EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE TALLAPOOSA...
BREMEN...WACO...BOWDON JUNCTION...MOUNT ZION...TEMPLE...ABILENE...
JOHN TANNER STATE PARK...BOWDON...VILLA RICA...LAKE VAL-DO-MAR...
CARROLLTON...TYUS...WINSTON AND DOUGLASVILLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3383 8510 3375 8469 3351 8486 3342 8512
      3343 8518 3345 8531 3372 8536
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 284DEG 38KT 3386 8508 3357 8554
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:43 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:55 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 4:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade55 min
Jun 5, 4:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Walker51 min
Jun 5, 5:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga54 min
Jun 5, 5:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield49 min
Jun 5, 5:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd58 min
Jun 5, 6:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding, Polk38 min
Jun 5, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin29 min
Jun 5, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones, Wilkinson35 min
Jun 5, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson24 min
Jun 5, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson30 min
Jun 5, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga65 min
Jun 5, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker23 min
Jun 5, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd30 min
Jun 5, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon49 min
Jun 5, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray26 min
Jun 5, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield59 min
Jun 5, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Haralson, Polk52 min
Jun 5, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Pickens32 min
Jun 5, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Gordon36 min
Jun 5, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding31 min
Jun 5, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Gilmer, Murray37 min
Jun 5, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Douglas51 min
Jun 5, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Hall32 min
Jun 5, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.