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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 16, 2014White County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 16, 2014, 1:20 PM EDT for White County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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 16, 2014, 1:20 PM EDT (17:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2014, 1:45 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County White County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:23 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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 354 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1257 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 16, 10:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 10:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 11:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1150 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-170830-
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-
1150 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

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

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

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. SOME
STORMS MAY BE STRONG PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...
AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

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

.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 16, 1:20 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 15, 8:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	24 min
Jun 16, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Towns	30 min
Jun 16, 1:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lumpkin	62 min
Jun 16, 2:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Fannin	6 hr
Jun 16, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Union	38 min
Jun 16, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	43 min
Jun 16, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	47 min
Jun 16, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston	50 min
Jun 16, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	39 min
Jun 16, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	52 min
Jun 16, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lumpkin	36 min
Jun 16, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	28 min
Jun 16, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	63 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.