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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 8, 2014Dodge County, Pulaski County, Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2014, 4:28 AM EDT for Dodge County, Pulaski County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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 8, 2014, 4:28 AM EDT (08:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2014, 5:15 AM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Dodge County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1015 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1015 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1452 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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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 Jun 8, 4:20 AM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 4:20 AM EDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 11:05 PM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1105 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-081200-
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-
1105 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...
ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST
CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT.

A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH ALABAMA WILL
MOVE SOUTH SOUTHEAST. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST
AND WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THERE REMAINS
SOME WEAK TO MODERATE INSTABILITY ACROSS THIS AREA AND THIS COULD BE
ENOUGH TO ALLOW A FEW STORMS TO BECOME STRONG WITH WINDS GUSTING TO
NEAR 45 MPH ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THE AREA OF CONCERN IS
GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM DALTON...TO PEACHTREE CITY TO AMERICUS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ON
SUNDAY. 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 MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL HELP ENHANCE
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

.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 8, 3:00 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
300 AM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

GAZ046-048-049-056>059-067>071-078>081-089-090-080745-
300 AM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN TALBOT...
SPALDING...ROCKDALE...PIKE...NEWTON...MUSCOGEE...MORGAN...MONROE...
MERIWETHER...LAMAR...UPSON...TAYLOR...BUTTS...CHATTAHOOCHEE...
CRAWFORD...HARRIS...HENRY AND JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM EDT...

AT 259 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM GEORGIA INTERNATIONAL HORSE PARK TO BOX
SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS TALBOT...
SPALDING...ROCKDALE...PIKE...NEWTON...MUSCOGEE...MORGAN...MONROE...
MERIWETHER...LAMAR...UPSON...TAYLOR...BUTTS...CHATTAHOOCHEE...
CRAWFORD...HARRIS...HENRY AND JASPER COUNTIES THROUGH 345 AM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE CONCORD...BOX
SPRINGS...OLIVE BRANCH...BAUGHVILLE...WOODLAND...HILLTOP...MOLENA...
WILLIAMSON...EXPERIMENT...HIGHLAND MILLS...ROVER...SUNNY SIDE...GUM
CREEK...GEORGIA INTERNATIONAL HORSE PARK AND MAGNET.

THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 3240 8436 3243 8437 3241 8439 3256 8445
      3253 8464 3247 8466 3249 8475 3309 8449
      3375 8396 3360 8368 3368 8360 3364 8336
      3314 8377 3313 8382 3311 8379 3298 8390
      3251 8404 3251 8411 3240 8419 3237 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 0700Z 282DEG 24KT 3366 8391 3307 8439
          3256 8461
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
304 AM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

GAZ008-009-015-016-023>025-080745-
304 AM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN WHITE...UNION...
TOWNS...LUMPKIN...BANKS...HALL AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM
EDT...

AT 259 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM YOUNG HARRIS TO OAKWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS WHITE...
UNION...TOWNS...LUMPKIN...BANKS...HALL AND JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH
345 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN...MURRAYVILLE...OAKWOOD...FLOWERY BRANCH...BLOOD
MOUNTAIN SHELTER...TURNERS CORNER...GARLAND...DAHLONEGA...PORTER
SPRINGS...YOUNG HARRIS...ALEXANDERS MILL...VOGEL STATE PARK...TRACK
ROCK...LOW GAP SHELTER AND WHITLEY GAP SHELTER.

&&

LAT...LON 3495 8354 3488 8365 3482 8365 3480 8367
      3475 8362 3465 8365 3454 8361 3450 8365
      3444 8362 3450 8353 3447 8340 3426 8336
      3412 8393 3413 8396 3423 8397 3430 8393
      3435 8398 3459 8399 3499 8388 3500 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 0704Z 261DEG 22KT 3495 8378 3460 8388
          3421 8385
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:18 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:06 AM EDT, 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:17 AM EDT, 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:28 AM 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 7, 11:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Walker57 min
Jun 8, 12:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Polk, Walker and 1 more38 min
Jun 8, 12:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Floyd, Gilmer and 7 more52 min
Jun 8, 1:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta and 14 more53 min
Jun 8, 1:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Troup40 min
Jun 8, 2:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton and 8 more49 min
Jun 8, 2:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster42 min
Jun 8, 3:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Morgan and 7 more45 min
Jun 8, 3:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Hall, Towns, White41 min
Jun 8, 3:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Schley, Sumter57 min
Jun 8, 3:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Houston, Monroe, Peach, Upson50 min
Jun 8, 4:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach, Sumter44 min
Jun 8, 4:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Bleckley, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson43 min
Jun 8, 4:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes44 min
Jun 8, 4:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Emanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens and 6 more61 min
Jun 8, 5:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes38 min
Jun 8, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee31 min
Jun 8, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee31 min
Jun 8, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley33 min
Jun 8, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart26 min
Jun 8, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart31 min
Jun 8, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster33 min
Jun 8, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee23 min
Jun 8, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Stewart34 min
Jun 8, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee47 min
Jun 8, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard29 min
Jun 8, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen26 min
Jun 8, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris38 min
Jun 8, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup37 min
Jun 8, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Wilcox27 min
Jun 8, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee33 min
Jun 8, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach36 min
Jun 8, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Jones, Monroe25 min
Jun 8, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox36 min
Jun 8, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor29 min

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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.