Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2014

Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 6, 20148 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 6, 2014, 8:55 PM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 65 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, 8:55 PM EDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2014, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Crisp County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 204 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: 358 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 951 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

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 6, 8:34 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 8:34 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 3:09 PM EDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
309 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-071915-
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-
309 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

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

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

...SCATTERED STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
STRONG TO POTENTIALLY DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL IS NOT
OUT OF THE QUESTION.

DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL DRIVE ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX
TOWARD THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL PUSH INTO A
MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND BRING A THREAT OF STRONG TO
POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS TO THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS. THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE STATE WILL BE THE MOST
VULNERABLE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS... HOWEVER... ISOLATED
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE FURTHER EAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

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

A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL HELP ENHANCE STORM
DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO
WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 8:06 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
806 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

GAZ097-098-108>112-070100-
806 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN WILCOX...WHEELER...TREUTLEN...TELFAIR...MONTGOMERY...LAURENS AND
DODGE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

AT 805 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM DUDLEY TO UNION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS WILCOX...WHEELER...TREUTLEN...TELFAIR...MONTGOMERY...LAURENS
AND DODGE COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF
THESE STORMS INCLUDE PLAINFIELD...CHESTER...EASTMAN...DUDLEY...
DEXTER...UNION...HARLOW...RENTZ...CADWELL...DUBLIN...GODWINSVILLE...
EAST DUBLIN...CHAUNCEY...JAY BIRD SPRINGS AND CEDAR GROVE. HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3211 8338 3212 8336 3211 8333 3213 8331
      3215 8332 3218 8330 3219 8331 3247 8311
      3262 8310 3245 8248 3218 8254 3199 8266
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 298DEG 25KT 3250 8303 3242 8300
          3208 8327

Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:07 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
807 PM EDT FRI JUN 06 2014

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

0512 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 WSW LUTHERSVILLE      33.20N  84.78W
06/06/2014                   MERIWETHER         GA   911 CALL CENTER

            MERIWETHER 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF A COUPLE OF TREES
            DOWN IN FAR NW PART OF THE COUNTY ALONG WITH SEVERAL
            POWER OUTAGES.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1400675

AGIBBS

Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:09 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
809 PM EDT FRI JUN 06 2014

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

0450 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S HOGANSVILLE         33.14N  84.91W
06/06/2014                   TROUP              GA   911 CALL CENTER

            TROUP COUNTY 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF SEVERAL TREES DOWN
            IN THE HOGANSVILLE AREA. A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWNED ON A
            HOUSE BETWEEN HOGANSVILLE AND LAGRANGE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1400676

AGIBBS

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 8:12 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
812 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

GAZ102-103-070100-
812 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IN WEBSTER
AND STEWART COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PROVIDENCE CANYON STATE PARK...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
WEBSTER AND STEWART COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CHARLES...LOUVALE...PROVIDENCE CANYON
STATE PARK...SANFORD...LUMPKIN...WESTVILLE...RICHLAND...KIMBROUGH...
LEVERETTS...WESTON AND TROUTMAN. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3192 8468 3192 8486 3192 8492 3194 8495
      3196 8498 3197 8497 3197 8499 3201 8503
      3220 8487 3218 8472 3192 8450 3191 8458
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 317DEG 15KT 3205 8487

Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:44 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 8:55 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 8:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Laurens, Treutlen, Wheeler	54 min
Jun 6, 8:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	48 min
Jun 6, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Wilcox	43 min
Jun 6, 8:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Stewart, Webster	32 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.