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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 16, 2014Union County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 16, 2014, 2:37 PM EDT for Union County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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, 2:37 PM EDT (18:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2014, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Union County, GA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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, 1:47 PM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 1:47 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 11:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 47 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, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 1:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
130 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

GAZ009-161800-
130 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN TOWNS COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM EDT...

AT 126 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAIN SHELTER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
TOWNS COUNTY THROUGH 200 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM INCLUDE THE BLUE MOUNTAIN SHELTER...BRASSTOWN BALD AND MOUNTAIN
SCENE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND
RISING WATER ON CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3488 8365 3482 8365 3480 8367 3479 8377
      3482 8378 3487 8381 3491 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 213DEG 4KT 3482 8377

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 1:43 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
143 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

GAZ006-008-015-016-161845-
143 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN WHITE...UNION...
LUMPKIN AND FANNIN COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM EDT...

AT 137 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM AROUND THE SMITHGALL WOODS
CONSERVATION AREA TO CAMP MERRILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND ROADS IN WHITE...UNION... LUMPKIN AND
FANNIN COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND QUALATCHEE LAKE...THE
SMITHGALL WOODS CONSERVATION AREA...CAMP COLEMAN LAKE...CAMP
MERRILL...TURNERS CORNER...NIMBLEWILL...PORTER SPRINGS...THE GOOCH
MOUNTAIN SHELTER...THE STOVER CREEK SHELTER...THE HAWK MOUNTAIN
SHELTER...ROBERTSTOWN...HELEN...UNICOI STATE PARK...SUCHES AND THE
WHITLEY GAP SHELTER. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS...WOODLANDS AND
FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR
FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3467 8369 3463 8381 3460 8402 3455 8412
      3454 8417 3463 8419 3471 8425 3477 8408
      3481 8394 3479 8366
TIME...MOT...LOC 1740Z 239DEG 8KT 3472 8378 3467 8392
          3465 8415

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 2:37 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
237 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

GAZ008-009-161915-
237 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN UNION AND TOWNS COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT...

AT 234 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM AROUND TRACK ROCK AND BRASSTOWN BALD...MOVING
WEST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
UNION AND TOWNS COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BRASSTOWN BALD...YOUNG HARRIS...TRACK
ROCK AND BLAIRSVILLE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS AND RISING WATER ON CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3495 8377 3482 8377 3482 8399 3499 8398
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 097DEG 4KT 3488 8385

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, 1:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	25 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, 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

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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.