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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 13, 2014Douglas County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2014, 2:31 PM EDT for Douglas County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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 13, 2014, 2:31 PM EDT (18:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2014, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Douglas County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 37 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: 678 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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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 13, 1:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 11:55 AM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1155 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-141200-
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-
1155 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 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 AGAIN ACROSS NORTH
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS
MAY BE STRONG...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. AN ISOLATED
SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE.

ALL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT
DEVELOPS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER
60 MPH AND HAIL AS BIG AS QUARTERS OR LARGER.

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

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY.

.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

Local storm report, Jun 13, 12:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 12:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 12:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1241 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

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

0725 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SWAINSBORO              32.60N  82.33W
06/11/2014                   EMANUEL            GA   911 CALL CENTER

            REPORTS OF ROAD FLOODING AND CLOGGED DRAINS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1400700

BAKER

Local storm report, Jun 13, 12:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1244 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

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

0936 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SWAINSBORO              32.60N  82.33W
06/11/2014                   EMANUEL            GA   911 CALL CENTER

            REPORTS OF ROADS CLOSED AND BEING CONED OFF TO WARN OF
            PONDING. DRAINS ALSO FILLED.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1400701

BAKER

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:59 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
159 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

GAZ042>044-052-053-131830-
159 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY
RAIN IN CARROLL...COWETA...DOUGLAS...HEARD AND FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL
230 PM EDT...

AT 156 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LOWELL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS CARROLL...COWETA...DOUGLAS...HEARD AND FULTON COUNTIES THROUGH
230 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
HANDY...PLANT WANSLEY...CENTRALHATCHEE...LOWELL...CLEM...JOHN TANNER
STATE PARK...ROOPVILLE...CARROLLTON...SEATON LAKE...TREASURE LAKE...
WHITESBURG...PLANT YATES...ARNCO-SARGENT...HANNAH AND FAIRPLAY. HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3368 8468 3335 8468 3336 8517 3364 8518
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 269DEG 16KT 3346 8497

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:31 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
231 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

GAZ033-043-044-131900-
231 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY
RAIN IN DOUGLAS AND FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

AT 229 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CAMPBELLTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS DOUGLAS AND FULTON COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS
IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CAMPBELLTON...CHAPEL HILL...
FAIRBURN...UNION CITY...SWEETWATER CREEK STATE PARK AND SANDTOWN.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3378 8460 3375 8457 3379 8452 3365 8445
      3359 8446 3353 8473 3371 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 254DEG 11KT 3364 8466

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 8:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walton	44 min
Jun 13, 1:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Coweta	31 min
Jun 13, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Towns, Union	33 min
Jun 13, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Forsyth	30 min
Jun 13, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	29 min
Jun 13, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	25 min
Jun 13, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	54 min
Jun 13, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	22 min
Jun 13, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	59 min
Jun 13, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	24 min
Jun 13, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	47 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.