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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 19, 2014Murray County, Whitfield County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2014, 3:48 PM EDT for Murray County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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 19, 2014, 3:48 PM EDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2014, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Murray County, GA, Whitfield County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 724 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1270 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 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 19, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 4:33 AM EDT, 11 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
433 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-200845-
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-
433 AM EDT THU JUN 19 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 POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE BEST CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE NORTH AND WEST. A FEW STORMS COULD
BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY...MAINLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE POTENTIAL FOR STORM
DEVELOPMENT INCREASES FOR THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
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 19, 3:48 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
348 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

GAZ003>005-192015-
348 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 35 MPH WINDS
IN WHITFIELD...MURRAY AND CATOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

AT 342 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM GRAYSVILLE TO DALTON...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS WHITFIELD...MURRAY AND CATOOSA COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE DALTON...ROCKY
FACE...TUNNEL HILL...RINGGOLD...GRAYSVILLE...SALEM...VARNELL...NORTH
GEORGIA SPEEDWAY...DAWNVILLE...RAMHURST...FORT MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...
CHATSWORTH...ETON...CRANDALL AND SUMAC. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3482 8465 3463 8466 3466 8493 3498 8517
      3499 8516 3499 8472
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 276DEG 14KT 3498 8509 3484 8496
          3475 8488

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	46 min
Jun 19, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer	60 min
Jun 19, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	56 min
Jun 19, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Union	45 min
Jun 19, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Towns, Union	52 min
Jun 19, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga	42 min
Jun 19, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Union	38 min
Jun 19, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Union	30 min
Jun 19, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Towns, White	26 min
Jun 19, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Towns, Union, White	51 min
Jun 19, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall, White	44 min
Jun 19, 6:08 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Union	6 hr
Jun 19, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oconee	36 min
Jun 19, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oconee	46 min
Jun 19, 7:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pike	36 min
Jun 19, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Newton	32 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.