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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 8, 2014Wilkes County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2014, 5:22 AM EDT for Wilkes County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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, 5:22 AM EDT (09:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2014, 6:00 AM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Wilkes County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 4:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 11:05 PM EDT, 6 hours 17 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, 4:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:48 AM EDT, 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:59 AM EDT, 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:22 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, 4:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Pulaski, Wilcox47 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, 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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.