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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 21, 2014Haralson County, Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2014, 1:21 PM EDT for Haralson County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Haralson County, GA, Polk County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:23 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.

244 
WWUS82 KFFC 211721
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
121 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

GAZ030-041-211800-
121 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS
IN POLK AND HARALSON COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT...

AT 119 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF ETNA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS POLK AND HARALSON COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS
IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE ETNA...FELTON...ANTIOCH...ESOM
HILL AND CEDARTOWN. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3408 8526 3402 8502 3370 8529 3377 8537
      3408 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 314DEG 11KT 3403 8551

$$

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, 12:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette26 min
Jun 21, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts37 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.