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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 19, 2014Morgan County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2014, 8:45 PM EDT for Morgan County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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, 8:45 PM EDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2014, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Morgan County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 83 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2014-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1594 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2014-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1594 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 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.

991 
WWUS82 KFFC 200045
SPSFFC

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

GAZ048-049-059-200115-
845 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND PEA SIZE HAIL IN NEWTON...MORGAN AND 
JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM EDT...

AT 841 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER REESE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS NEWTON...
MORGAN AND JASPER COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE NEWBORN...REESE AND FARRAR. SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS!

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

&&

LAT...LON 3343 8354 3343 8369 3359 8373 3361 8370
      3360 8368 3362 8366 3363 8363 3354 8347
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 341DEG 10KT 3355 8363

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Newton, Walton40 min
Jun 19, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes30 min
Jun 19, 8:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton42 min
Jun 19, 8:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes25 min
Jun 20, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd24 min
Jun 20, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd32 min
Jun 20, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd29 min
Jun 20, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd33 min
Jun 20, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler30 min
Jun 20, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow28 min
Jun 20, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs24 min
Jun 20, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup25 min
Jun 20, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair37 min
Jun 20, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow29 min
Jun 20, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson23 min
Jun 20, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard36 min
Jun 20, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter36 min
Jun 20, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton36 min
Jun 20, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley26 min
Jun 20, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford33 min
Jun 20, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Lamar, Spalding42 min
Jun 20, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon32 min
Jun 20, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston23 min
Jun 20, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield31 min
Jun 20, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson25 min
Jun 20, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Upson37 min
Jun 20, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Whitfield33 min
Jun 20, 7:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCatoosa6 hr
Jun 20, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor31 min
Jun 20, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart35 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.