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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 16, 2014Hall County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 16, 2014, 8:13 PM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2014, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Hall County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 131 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: 716 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1893 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -12 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.

498 
WWUS82 KFFC 170013
SPSFFC

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

GAZ023-170045-
813 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL...40 MPH WINDS 
AND HEAVY RAIN IN HALL COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM EDT...

AT 811 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF CLERMONT AND THE THUNDERSTORM 
WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
HALL COUNTY THROUGH 845 PM EDT. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN IS 
POSSIBLE. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE 
CANDLER...MURRAYVILLE...OAKWOOD...GILLSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...LULA 
AND CLERMONT. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON 
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3451 8366 3444 8361 3439 8366 3437 8367
      3430 8362 3418 8376 3424 8395 3430 8393
      3435 8398 3439 8398 3447 8393 3446 8389
      3450 8384 3452 8378
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 196DEG 2KT 3440 8378

$$

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, 2:57 PM EDT, 5 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 2:57 PM EDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
257 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
CURRENTLY... A SUBTLE SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
STATE IS PROVIDING THE FOCUS FOR SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS... PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. A CLUSTER ACROSS PARTS
OF FAR NORTHEAST GA HAS RECENTLY PROMPTED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
FAR SOUTHERN FANNIN COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN
THREAT WITH STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS CONVECTION WILL
QUICKLY DIMINISH BY 9-10 PM WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.

EXPECT A PERSIST PATTERN FOR THE SHORT TERM AS MODELS SHOW A
WEAK/DIRTY RIDGE REMAINING PARKED OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES... WHILE
A SUBTLE LEE-SIDE SURFACE TROUGH CONTINUES TO MEANDER ACROSS PARTS
OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE SURFACE TROUGH... COUPLED WITH A
SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND MODERATE DAYTIME INSTABILITY WILL
WARRANT A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON/EVENING STORMS AGAIN ON TUESDAY FOR
MOST AREAS. ALTHOUGH A STORM COULD DEVELOP ANYWHERE ON TUESDAY... IT
APPEARS THE GREATER STORM THREAT SHOULD BE GENERALLY FROM ABOUT
NEWNAN TO WASHINGTON AND AREAS NORTHWARD WHERE THE SURFACE TROUGH IS
EXPECTED TO BE A BETTER FOCUS. LACK OF WIND SHEAR AND CONTINUED
MID-UPPER RIDGE INFLUENCE SHOULD HOLD STORMS BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AGAIN ON TUESDAY... HOWEVER... EXPECTED SLOW MOVEMENT WILL ONCE
AGAIN RESULT IN A THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME
BRIEF FLOODING FOR A FEW AREAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON-EARLY EVENING.

OTHERWISE... PERSISTENCE SEEMS TO BE THE SAFE BET FOR TEMPS... WITH
LOWS IN THE MID-UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S... AND HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE
90S... EXCEPT COOLER 80S IN THE MOUNTAINS.

39

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
MAINLY ONLY TWEAKS TO THE LONG TERM BASED ON THE LATEST GUIDANCE.

BDL

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
EXTENDED IS FOLLOWING THE SAME TRENDS AS IT HAS BEEN THE PAST FEW
DAYS...WITH UPPER RIDGING DOMINATING THE AREA AND THE TAIL END OF A
WEAK FRONT MOVING INTO NORTH GEORGIA BY MIDWEEK. THIS ALONG WITH
OROGRAPHIC LIFT WILL HELP TO ENHANCE AFTERNOON CONVECTION. EXPECT AN
INCREASING TREND IN TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS INTO THE MID 90S IN SOME
AREAS ESPECIALLY CENTRAL AND SOUTH BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK.
CURRENT GUIDANCE IS WANTING TO BACK OFF JUST A TAD ON TEMPS TOWARD
THE END OF THE EXTENDED AS THE UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN AND
ADDITIONAL MOISTURE OVERSPREADS THE AREA.

TDP

&&

.AVIATION...
18Z UPDATE...A DIRTY MID-UPPER RIDGE AND WEAK SURFACE TROUGH
ACROSS THE AREA WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED AFTERNOON/EVENING SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY... WITH THE
MORE FAVORABLE TIME BETWEEN 20-24Z AT ATL. EXPECT SUFFICIENT LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE TO PRODUCE BKN050 BY 18Z EACH AFTERNOON. CONVECTION
SHOULD GREATLY DIMINISH BY 02Z WITH FEW100 TO SKC EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT. PATCHY MVFR FOG IS POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT FOR AREAS
THAT SEE SOME RAIN. WINDS TRICKY... BUT SHOULD SEE L&V
OVERNIGHT... MAINLY SSW AT 7KTS OR LESS ON TUE.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE...
MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON WINDS AND TSRA EFFECTING ANY AIRPORT. HIGH
CONFIDENCE ON REMAINING ELEMENTS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          68  94  68  94 /  60  30  30  20
ATLANTA         71  92  72  92 /  40  30  30  20
BLAIRSVILLE     63  87  64  87 /  60  40  30  30
CARTERSVILLE    67  93  68  93 /  20  30  20  20
COLUMBUS        69  94  70  94 /  30  20  20  20
GAINESVILLE     69  92  70  92 /  50  40  30  20
MACON           67  95  67  94 /  60  20  20  20
ROME            66  95  67  93 /  20  20  20  20
PEACHTREE CITY  66  92  66  92 /  40  30  30  20
VIDALIA         70  94  70  93 /  30  20  20  20

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...39
LONG TERM....BDL
AVIATION...39

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 11:50 AM EDT, 8 hours 23 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

Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
534 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

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

0526 PM     HAIL             WARNER ROBINS           32.62N  83.63W
06/16/2014  E0.75 INCH       HOUSTON            GA   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            FIRE DEPARTMENT AT ROBINS AFB REPORTED DIME SIZED HAIL.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1400703

JLF

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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

GAZ071-072-082-162230-
538 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN MONROE...JONES AND BIBB COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

AT 537 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM ARKWRIGHT TO THE MIDDLE GEORGIA REGIONAL
AIRPORT...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS MONROE...JONES AND BIBB COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE WESLEYAN...THE MIDDLE
GEORGIA REGIONAL AIRPORT...RUTLAND...PAYNE CITY...FRANKLINTON...LAKE
TOBESOFKEE...CROSS KEYS...SKIPPERTON...LIZELLA...MACON...POSTELL AND
GRISWOLDVILLE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3272 8380 3282 8389 3286 8388 3300 8376
      3302 8372 3291 8344 3287 8347 3285 8351
      3282 8349 3281 8350 3274 8357 3274 8360
      3266 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 346DEG 3KT 3296 8365 3281 8371
          3269 8365

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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

GAZ015-162315-
639 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN LUMPKIN COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

AT 633 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DAHLONEGA...MOVING SOUTH 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
LUMPKIN COUNTY THROUGH 715 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM INCLUDE DAHLONEGA...GARLAND AND AURARIA. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3459 8386 3456 8387 3454 8384 3450 8384
      3446 8389 3447 8393 3446 8392 3442 8397
      3445 8408 3446 8409 3461 8407 3462 8407
      3463 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 358DEG 4KT 3453 8396

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:17 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

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

GAZ024-025-027-162345-
717 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN MADISON...BANKS AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

AT 715 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM FROM NEAR ILA TO HOMER...MOVING NORTH 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
MADISON...BANKS AND JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FIVE POINTS...
POCATALIGO...APPLE VALLEY...PEACH STATE SPEEDWAY...COMMERCE...BANKS
CROSSING...MAYSVILLE...HOMER...PINEFIELD CROSSROADS AND
HOLLINGSWORTH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3448 8343 3446 8339 3439 8337 3433 8339
      3425 8333 3426 8329 3418 8327 3413 8354
      3442 8363 3448 8356 3450 8351
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 165DEG 6KT 3433 8347

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:42 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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

GAZ024-170045-
742 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN BANKS COUNTY UNTIL
845 PM EDT...

AT 738 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER BANKS CROSSING...MOVING
EAST AT 5 MPH.

RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS
BANKS COUNTY...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND BANKS CROSSING...PINEFIELD
CROSSROADS...HOMER AND FIVE POINTS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS...
WOODLANDS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE
SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3442 8337 3439 8337 3433 8339 3427 8334
      3425 8333 3420 8338 3421 8342 3426 8348
      3426 8354 3442 8357
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 285DEG 6KT 3431 8341

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 8:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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

GAZ023-170045-
813 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL...40 MPH WINDS
AND HEAVY RAIN IN HALL COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM EDT...

AT 811 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF CLERMONT AND THE THUNDERSTORM
WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
HALL COUNTY THROUGH 845 PM EDT. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN IS
POSSIBLE. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
CANDLER...MURRAYVILLE...OAKWOOD...GILLSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...LULA
AND CLERMONT. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3451 8366 3444 8361 3439 8366 3437 8367
      3430 8362 3418 8376 3424 8395 3430 8393
      3435 8398 3439 8398 3447 8393 3446 8389
      3450 8384 3452 8378
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 196DEG 2KT 3440 8378

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 9:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett, Hall	35 min
Jun 17, 12:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb	31 min
Jun 17, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	31 min
Jun 17, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	33 min
Jun 17, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walton	28 min
Jun 17, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Gwinnett, Walton	36 min
Jun 17, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether	29 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.