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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 18, 2014Pickens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 18, 2014, 3:14 PM EDT for Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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 18, 2014, 3:14 PM EDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Pickens County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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: 703 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1209 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 29 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 18, 2:29 PM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 2:29 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 4:23 AM EDT, 10 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
423 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-190830-
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-
423 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...EXCEPT FOR
PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL. A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL HELP TO
FOCUS THE THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED
OUT...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY...MAINLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STRONG STORMS AND POSSIBLY
A FEW SEVERE ARE POSSIBLE.

.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 18, 12:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1226 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

GAZ006>008-014-015-181730-
1226 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN UNION...LUMPKIN...
DAWSON...FANNIN AND GILMER COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM EDT...

AT 1223 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM HIGDON TO JUNO. THESE STORMS
WERE DRIFTING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS
UNION...LUMPKIN...DAWSON...FANNIN AND GILMER COUNTIES...INCLUDING
AREAS AROUND CAMP MERRILL...NIMBLEWILL...LEN FOOTE HIKE INN...GOOCH
MOUNTAIN SHELTER...HAWK MOUNTAIN SHELTER...SUCHES...GADDISTOWN...
BLACK GAP SHELTER...STOVER CREEK SHELTER...SPRINGER MOUNTAIN
SHELTER...MARGRET...MORGANTON...BLUE RIDGE...HIGDON AND COLWELL.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING. PEA SIZED HAIL AND WINDS
GUSTING TO 30 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3476 8390 3449 8403 3440 8425 3443 8426
      3447 8426 3447 8428 3468 8436 3479 8453
      3497 8446
TIME...MOT...LOC 1625Z 004DEG 0KT 3488 8444 3475 8426
          3450 8423

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 12:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1254 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

GAZ031-181800-
1254 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN PAULDING COUNTY
UNTIL 200 PM EDT...

AT 1250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZED HAIL OVER
UNION...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. OTHER STORMS WERE FORMING ACROSS
NORTHWEST PAULDING COUNTY.

RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS
PAULDING COUNTY...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND UNION...YORKVILLE AND
DALLAS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.

ALSO...PEA SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3396 8497 3400 8496 3403 8494 3402 8480
      3380 8484 3384 8504 3395 8503
TIME...MOT...LOC 1653Z 273DEG 3KT 3386 8496

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
133 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

GAZ008-009-015-016-181830-
133 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZED HAIL IN
WHITE...UNION...TOWNS AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT...

AT 129 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM ANNA RUBY FALLS TO CAMP MERRILL...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
WHITE...UNION...TOWNS AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
WHITLEY GAP SHELTER...SMITHGALL WOODS CONSERVATION AREA...UNICOI
STATE PARK...ROBERTSTOWN...BLOOD MOUNTAIN SHELTER...CAMP MERRILL...
BLUE MOUNTAIN SHELTER...WOODS HOLE SHELTER...GOOCH MOUNTAIN
SHELTER...VOGEL STATE PARK...LOW GAP SHELTER...CAMP COLEMAN LAKE...
ANNA RUBY FALLS...TURNERS CORNER AND PORTER SPRINGS. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE
SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.

ALSO...PEA SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3482 8377 3483 8365 3480 8367 3477 8363
      3474 8362 3474 8366 3454 8400 3458 8418
      3468 8412 3484 8393
TIME...MOT...LOC 1732Z 275DEG 5KT 3479 8364 3474 8375
          3476 8389 3461 8410

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
201 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

GAZ008-009-181900-
201 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZED HAIL IN
UNION AND TOWNS COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

AT 159 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GUMLOG TO MOUNTAIN
SCENE...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
UNION AND TOWNS COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND BLUE MOUNTAIN
SHELTER...BLAIRSVILLE...TRACK ROCK...MOUNTAIN SCENE...BRASSTOWN
BALD...GUMLOG...PLUM ORCHARD GAP SHELTER...TATE CITY...TITUS...
MACEDONIA...HIAWASSEE...YOUNG HARRIS AND ALEXANDERS MILL.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.

ALSO...PEA SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3499 8354 3495 8354 3493 8359 3492 8359
      3488 8365 3482 8365 3481 8366 3481 8398
      3499 8405 3500 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 214DEG 4KT 3501 8402 3489 8392
          3485 8373

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:14 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
314 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

GAZ005-007-012-013-020-021-182000-
314 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZED HAIL
IN PICKENS...MURRAY...BARTOW...CHEROKEE...GILMER AND GORDON COUNTIES
UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

AT 312 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM BLAINE TO LAKE
ARROWHEAD...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS
PICKENS...MURRAY...BARTOW...CHEROKEE...GILMER AND GORDON COUNTIES...
INCLUDING AREAS AROUND LAKE ARROWHEAD...SALACOA VALLEY...TALMADGE...
TALKING ROCK...BLAINE...HINTON...TALONA...ROUNDTOP...PINE LOG...
FUNKHOUSER...FAIRMOUNT...RANGER...OAKMAN AND CARTERS. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE
SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.

ALSO...PEA SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3464 8446 3446 8450 3435 8458 3426 8456
      3427 8475 3448 8477 3466 8477
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 133DEG 3KT 3452 8460 3442 8466
          3430 8466

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 12:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson, Fannin, Lumpkin	64 min
Jun 18, 12:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	66 min
Jun 18, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lumpkin	57 min
Jun 18, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Towns	59 min
Jun 18, 2:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Towns	23 min
Jun 18, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gordon	40 min
Jun 18, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Gordon	58 min
Jun 18, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	62 min
Jun 18, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Union	44 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.