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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 6, 2014Newton County, Rockdale County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 6, 2014, 2:44 PM EDT for Newton County, Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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
Jun 6, 2014, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2014, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Newton County, GA, Rockdale County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 59 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2014-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 634 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2014-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
634 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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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

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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 6, 1:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 1:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 12:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 12:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1255 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

GAZ001-002-011-061745-
1255 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN WALKER...
CHATTOOGA AND DADE COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM EDT...

AT 1253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RISING FAWN...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS WALKER...
CHATTOOGA AND DADE COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE RISING FAWN...CLOUDLAND...MENLO...TRION...
JAMES H. FLOYD STATE PARK...LYERLY...SUMMERVILLE...BERRYTON...
CHATTOOGAVILLE...HOLLAND AND TIDINGS.

&&

LAT...LON 3480 8555 3468 8542 3443 8520 3440 8525
      3438 8533 3428 8539 3428 8544 3430 8548
      3475 8557 3478 8557
TIME...MOT...LOC 1655Z 320DEG 28KT 3464 8560
Local storm report, Jun 6, 1:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
101 PM EDT FRI JUN 06 2014

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

1250 AM     TSTM WND DMG     DUBLIN                  32.54N  82.90W
06/06/2014                   LAURENS            GA   911 CALL CENTER

            MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS
            THE COUNTY.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1400663

RWILLIS
Local storm report, Jun 6, 1:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
104 PM EDT FRI JUN 06 2014

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

1200 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SMITHSONIA              32.81N  83.57W
06/06/2014                   BIBB               GA   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES WERE BLOWN DOWN.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1400664

RWILLIS
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:44 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
244 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

GAZ045>049-055-057>059-061915-
244 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN ROCKDALE...
NEWTON...MORGAN...BUTTS...DEKALB...HENRY...CLAYTON...WALTON AND
JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT...

AT 242 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM HIDDEN VALLEY PARK TO
MANSFIELD. THIS LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS
ROCKDALE...NEWTON...MORGAN...BUTTS...DEKALB...HENRY...CLAYTON...WALTO
N AND JASPER COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH
OF THE STORM INCLUDE KLONDIKE...PANOLA MOUNTAIN STATE
PARK...SNAPFINGER...ARABIA MOUNTAIN...BELMONT...LITHONIA...HIDDEN
VALLEY PARK...EAGLES LANDING...STOCKBRIDGE...REX...RICHARDSON PARK...
MILSTEAD...CONYERS...KELLEYTOWN AND OAK HILL.

&&

LAT...LON 3359 8359 3326 8383 3355 8431 3373 8417
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 303DEG 35KT 3358 8415

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Barrow, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson and 2 more31 min
Jun 5, 8:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard27 min
Jun 5, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens, Montgomery, Treutlen25 min
Jun 5, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee and 3 more29 min
Jun 5, 8:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Coweta, Heard, Henry, Lamar, Pike and 1 more27 min
Jun 5, 9:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Greene, Jasper, Jones, Madison, Monroe and 3 more28 min
Jun 5, 9:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Wilkes33 min
Jun 5, 10:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Fayette25 min
Jun 5, 10:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette36 min
Jun 5, 10:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette, Henry, Pike, Spalding, Upson28 min
Jun 5, 10:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry, Spalding26 min
Jun 5, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford, Jones, Lamar, Monroe62 min
Jun 5, 11:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Bleckley, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs60 min
Jun 5, 11:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Laurens, Peach and 2 more48 min
Jun 6, 12:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen39 min
Jun 6, 12:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Twiggs, Wilkinson45 min
Jun 6, 12:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Twiggs44 min
Jun 6, 1:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Johnson49 min
Jun 6, 1:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson43 min
Jun 6, 1:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington, Wilkinson43 min
Jun 6, 2:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens35 min
Jun 6, 2:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler26 min
Jun 6, 2:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens51 min
Jun 6, 3:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs35 min
Jun 6, 3:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens50 min
Jun 6, 3:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge37 min
Jun 6, 4:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair, Wheeler46 min
Jun 6, 4:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs33 min
Jun 6, 12:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga50 min
Jun 6, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks27 min
Jun 6, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry32 min
Jun 6, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton34 min
Jun 6, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts33 min
Jun 6, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Walton30 min
Jun 6, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper, Monroe52 min
Jun 6, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Pike34 min
Jun 6, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette28 min
Jun 6, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Jones, Putnam, Wilkinson44 min
Jun 6, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup25 min
Jun 6, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson46 min
Jun 6, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup25 min
Jun 6, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens32 min
Jun 6, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson37 min
Jun 6, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta51 min
Jun 6, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup49 min
Jun 6, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens28 min
Jun 6, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen26 min
Jun 6, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta27 min
Jun 6, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Toombs, Treutlen46 min
Jun 6, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens44 min
Jun 6, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor31 min
Jun 6, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Pike28 min
Jun 6, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Taylor51 min
Jun 6, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe26 min
Jun 6, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Toombs, Treutlen40 min
Jun 6, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb25 min
Jun 6, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair, Wheeler67 min
Jun 6, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly49 min
Jun 6, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones, Monroe32 min
Jun 6, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair44 min
Jun 6, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox48 min
Jun 6, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox47 min
Jun 6, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee31 min
Jun 6, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox42 min
Jun 6, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Telfair, Wilcox35 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.