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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 13, 2014Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2014, 6:21 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2014, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Laurens County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 678 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2014-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
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.

569 
WWUS82 KFFC 132221
SPSFFC

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

GAZ097-111-132245-
621 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS
IN WHEELER AND LAURENS COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 619 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CEDAR GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS WHEELER
AND LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH
OF THE STORM INCLUDE RENTZ...CADWELL...CEDAR GROVE AND LOWERY.

&&

LAT...LON 3240 8311 3247 8280 3234 8273 3233 8275
      3231 8272 3225 8268 3219 8286 3220 8288
      3215 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 254DEG 18KT 3226 8291

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton44 min
Jun 13, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Coweta31 min
Jun 13, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas29 min
Jun 13, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns, Union33 min
Jun 13, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Cherokee, Forsyth30 min
Jun 13, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley29 min
Jun 13, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite25 min
Jun 13, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson54 min
Jun 13, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite22 min
Jun 13, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee59 min
Jun 13, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen47 min

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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.