Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2014
Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
- 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
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.
| 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, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 29 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, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 47 min |
Nearby
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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.