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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 8, 2014Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2014, 10:25 PM EDT for Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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, 10:25 PM EDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2014, 11:15 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Muscogee County, GA

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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: 1385 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1147 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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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

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, 8:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 8:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 3:33 PM EDT, 6 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
333 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-091200-
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-
333 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

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

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

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME
STRONG...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
STRIKES. THERE IS ALSO SOME POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY SOUTH. ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. AN
APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL HELP ENHANCE
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY.

.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, 7:24 PM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
724 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

GAZ108-090000-
724 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN WILCOX COUNTY
UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 721 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PITTS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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 COUNTY THROUGH 800 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH
OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE PITTS AND OWENSBORO. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3193 8358 3196 8348 3185 8332 3184 8333
      3184 8353
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 324DEG 17KT 3191 8351

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
731 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

GAZ069-079>081-090000-
731 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN TALBOT...UPSON...
TAYLOR AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 728 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SALEM TO 6 MILES NORTH OF PRATTSBURG...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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 TALBOT...UPSON...TAYLOR AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM
EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE SALEM...
PRATTSBURG...CARSONVILLE...WESLEY CHURCH AND FICKLING MILL. HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3262 8438 3281 8441 3281 8438 3282 8436
      3279 8435 3281 8434 3280 8431 3278 8428
      3278 8425 3278 8422 3277 8416 3268 8403
      3262 8414
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 322DEG 11KT 3275 8420 3274 8428
          3279 8437

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 8:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
804 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

GAZ110-111-090030-
804 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN WHEELER AND TELFAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM EDT...

AT 800 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM WORKMORE TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHINA
HILL...MOVING EAST AT 25 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 WHEELER AND TELFAIR COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE WORKMORE...CHINA
HILL...TOWNS...JACKSONVILLE...SPRING HILL...HORSE CREEK WMA AND
LUMBER CITY. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3180 8309 3180 8314 3184 8317 3207 8290
      3199 8256 3197 8254 3192 8261 3192 8267
      3185 8275 3185 8277 3178 8286 3178 8299
      3177 8301
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 284DEG 21KT 3198 8287 3188 8299
          3181 8316

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 8:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:38 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 10:25 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 8:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	26 min
Jun 8, 8:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	48 min
Jun 8, 9:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Troup	67 min
Jun 9, 7:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker	63 min
Jun 9, 8:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Whitfield	25 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.