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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 21, 2014Fayette County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2014, 12:49 PM EDT for Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 21, 2014, 12:49 PM EDT (16:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2014, 1:15 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Fayette County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 10 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 602 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
602 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1186 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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 21, 11:09 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 11:09 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 11:00 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1100 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-221000-
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-
1100 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY MAINLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME STRONG TO
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE 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 21, 12:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1249 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

GAZ044-053-054-211715-
1249 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN COWETA...FAYETTE AND FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM EDT...

AT 1246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PALMETTO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS COWETA...FAYETTE AND FULTON COUNTIES THROUGH 115 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CHATTAHOOCHEE HILL
COUNTRY...FAIRBURN...MADRAS...PALMETTO...UNION CITY...CANNONGATE...
SANDY CREEK...THOMAS CROSSROADS...TYRONE...FAYETTEVILLE...INMAN...
PEACHTREE CITY...TURIN AND SHARPSBURG. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3366 8458 3344 8439 3343 8440 3341 8439
      3338 8439 3337 8440 3328 8465 3354 8482
TIME...MOT...LOC 1649Z 316DEG 18KT 3353 8466

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 8:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster25 min
Jun 20, 8:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray32 min
Jun 21, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts37 min
Jun 21, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson, Polk39 min
Jun 21, 1:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Floyd37 min
Jun 21, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Jones, Monroe37 min
Jun 21, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry33 min
Jun 21, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Spalding44 min
Jun 21, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Paulding49 min
Jun 21, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray28 min
Jun 21, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Twiggs31 min
Jun 21, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton49 min
Jun 21, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer, Pickens43 min
Jun 21, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette and 2 more41 min
Jun 21, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Twiggs34 min
Jun 21, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens29 min
Jun 21, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens49 min
Jun 21, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette, Spalding52 min
Jun 21, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Laurens48 min
Jun 21, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson50 min
Jun 21, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens, Treutlen45 min
Jun 21, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth25 min
Jun 21, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Macon37 min
Jun 21, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon30 min
Jun 21, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp41 min
Jun 21, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox33 min
Jun 21, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga32 min
Jun 21, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp59 min
Jun 21, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter33 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.