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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 23, 2014Forsyth County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 23, 2014, 2:50 PM EDT for Forsyth County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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 23, 2014, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2014, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Forsyth County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 2014-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 329 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 2014-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
329 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1157 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 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 23, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 8:34 AM EDT, 6 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
834 AM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-241245-
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-
834 AM EDT MON JUN 23 2014

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

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

SOME STRONG STORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
HEAVY RAIN WITH SLOW MOVING STORMS...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.

DISCUSSION...
WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
TODAY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. ALTHOUGH
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED DURING THE MORNING...THE MORE
LIKELY TIMING WILL BE FROM NOON TO 10PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY THEN
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY. SOME STORMS WILL BE STRONG AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE. THE MOST LIKELY HAZARDS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. HAIL WILL ALSO
BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
SUBMIT REPORTS OF STRONG TO SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY
GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 2:50 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel23 min
Jun 23, 11:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen55 min
Jun 23, 11:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam62 min
Jun 23, 12:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer42 min
Jun 23, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer49 min
Jun 23, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette32 min
Jun 23, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee45 min
Jun 23, 1:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGilmer6 hr
Jun 23, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth39 min
Jun 23, 2:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee33 min
Jun 23, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas40 min
Jun 23, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth58 min
Jun 23, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson43 min
Jun 23, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb51 min
Jun 23, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Forsyth, Hall49 min
Jun 23, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Upson44 min
Jun 23, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Paulding41 min
Jun 23, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Cobb41 min
Jun 23, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Monroe, Peach38 min
Jun 23, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield50 min
Jun 23, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe48 min
Jun 23, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee44 min
Jun 23, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Dodge47 min
Jun 23, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon50 min
Jun 23, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Troup57 min
Jun 23, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Walton50 min
Jun 23, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa48 min
Jun 23, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee52 min
Jun 23, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart63 min
Jun 23, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee27 min
Jun 23, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair, Wheeler63 min
Jun 23, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Clarke, Oglethorpe43 min
Jun 23, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee53 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2014Every 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.