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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 29, 2014, 7:55 PM EDT for Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 29, 2014, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2014, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Monroe County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 78 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 320 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1066 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 29, 7:45 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 7:45 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 745 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... CONVECTION DEVELOPING AS EXPECTED SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT IT TO PERSIST THROUGH ABOUT 8PM BEFORE WEAKENING/DISSIPATING SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT. AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS A LITTLE MORE INTO THE STATE...DO NOT EXPECT AS MUCH COVERAGE OF CONVECTION MONDAY OR TUESDAY WITH A LITTLE BETTER CHANCES IN NORTH AND EAST PARTS OF CWA. TEMPS WILL ALSO BE QUITE WARM COMPARED TO THE PREV 30 DAYS. HAVE LEANED TOWARD WARMER TEMP GUIDANCE. SOME CONCERN EVEN IN THE SHORT TERM ON INVEST/TROPICAL LOW DEVELOPING OFF CAROLINA COAST. HOWEVER EVEN IF SYSTEM DEVELOPS INTO A NAMED STORM...IMPACT ON CWA SHOULD BE MINIMAL. MAY EVEN SEE LESS CHANCE FOR MORNING STRATUS AND MOISTURE ADVECTION WITH NORTH FLOW ON GA/SC COAST. SNELSON .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... NO CHANGES PLANNED TO LONG TERM FCST. INVEST LOW MAY CAUSE SOME UNCERTAINTY IN PRECIP AND CLOUD FCST BUT AS MENTIONED ABOVE...NOT MUCH IMPACT EVEN IN WORST CASE. LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL FLATTEN RIDGE BUILDING IN SRN STATES BEGINNING WED OVER ERN STATES BUT EXPECTED TO BUILD BACK IN AND CORRESPONDING WARMER TEMPS BY WEEKEND. SNELSON PREVIOUS LONG TERM DISCUSSION LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... MEDIUM TO LONG RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW WEAK HIGH PRESSURE INFLUENCE ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY. THIS BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN ON WEDNESDAY IN RESPONSE TO A LONG WAVE TROUGH DEEPENING ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S... THEN PUSHING INTO THE OHIO AND MS VALLEY REGIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AS THIS SYSTEM PUSHES EASTWARD... IT DRAGS A COLD FRONT INTO THE TN VALLEY BY LATE THURSDAY... THEN ACROSS NORTH GA AND INTO CENTRAL GA ON FRIDAY. BEHIND THE FRONT... BOTH ECMWF AND GFS SHOW A LARGE DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOUTHWARD ACROSS AT LEAST NORTH GA BY EARLY FRIDAY. MODELS CURRENTLY INDICATE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY STALL SOMEWHERE ACROSS EITHER LOWER CENTRAL OR SOUTH GA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AT THIS SAME TIME... THE ECMWF SHOWS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MEANDERING OFF THE GA COASTS ON THURSDAY... THEN DRIFTING NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE EAST COAST FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. IF THIS VERIFIES... IT WOULD ONLY SERVE TO ENHANCE THE SUBSIDENCE AND DRY AIR ADVECTION EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. EITHER WAY... IT APPEARS NORTH AND MUCH OF CENTRAL GA SHOULD BE UNDER DRY HIGH PRESSURE INFLUENCE FOR JULY 4TH... WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING CONVECTION EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THE BEST RAIN CHANCES SHOULD BE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING LONG WAVE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. OTHERWISE... UPPER RIDGE INFLUENCE RESULTS IN CONTINUED WARM TEMPS AREA WIDE ON TUESDAY...AND FOR MOST AREAS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER... SHOULD BEGIN SEE COOLER HIGHS BEGIN TO CREEP IN ACROSS NORTH GA ON WEDNESDAY... THEN NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL ON THURSDAY WITH INCREASING CLOUDS AND CONVECTION. ALTHOUGH STILL UNCERTAINTY ON LOCATION OF THE COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY... SHOULD SEE COOLER/DRIER AIR FILTER IN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY. HAVE LEANED CLOSE TO A MEX/HPC BLEND FOR NOW... WHICH KEPT OVERNIGHT LOWS CLOSER TO NORMAL THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD DESPITE THE FRONTAL INFLUENCE. HOWEVER... SUSPECT WE COULD SEE SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL LOWS FOR AT LEAST SATURDAY MORNING IF THE FRONT VERIFIES AS EXPECTED. /39 AVIATION... 00Z UPDATE... A FEW THUNDERSTORMS STILL LINGERING SO HAVE KEPT TEMPO THUNDER IN FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS. WITH LOTS OF MOISTURE AROUND FROM STORMS IT POSSIBLE TO SEE SOME PATCHY MVFR AND HAVE ADDED SOME SCT012 AND VSBY 3-5SM TO MOST TAF SITES AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND SHIFT TO SE AROUND 04Z THEN BACK TO WEST AT 15Z. LOOK FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. //ATL CONFIDENCE...00Z UPDATE... MEDIUM TO HIGH CONFIDENCE ON ALL ELEMENTS. 41 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 68 93 71 96 / 30 40 30 20 ATLANTA 71 90 72 93 / 30 20 20 20 BLAIRSVILLE 64 84 63 89 / 30 40 30 20 CARTERSVILLE 68 90 67 93 / 30 30 20 20 COLUMBUS 72 95 73 97 / 20 20 10 20 GAINESVILLE 69 89 71 92 / 30 40 20 20 MACON 69 94 69 96 / 30 20 20 20 ROME 69 90 68 94 / 30 30 20 10 PEACHTREE CITY 68 91 68 95 / 30 20 20 20 VIDALIA 71 94 71 94 / 30 20 20 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...SNELSON LONG TERM....DEESE AVIATION...41
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 12:57 AM EDT, 18 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1257 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-301100- 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- 1257 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG... MAINLY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... WITH BEST CHANCES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG EACH DAY. THE MOST LIKELY HAZARDS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS... LIGHTNING... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. .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
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:33 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
733 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014
GAZ005>007-012-013-020-021-300015-
733 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN PICKENS...
MURRAY...BARTOW...CHEROKEE...FANNIN...GILMER AND GORDON COUNTIES
UNTIL 815 PM EDT...
AT 732 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM EPWORTH TO KINGSTON...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS
PICKENS...MURRAY...BARTOW...CHEROKEE...FANNIN...GILMER AND GORDON
COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS INCLUDE KINGSTON...FOLSOM...RANGER...ELLIJAY...ROUNDTOP...
HIGDON...COLWELL...FAIRMOUNT...EAST ELLIJAY...CHERRY LOG...
MCCAYSVILLE-COPPERHILL...BLAINE...FUNKHOUSER...TALONA AND EPWORTH.
&&
LAT...LON 3499 8415 3495 8418 3489 8411 3481 8414
3480 8410 3473 8410 3461 8419 3460 8425
3457 8426 3457 8434 3447 8432 3447 8426
3436 8431 3416 8457 3419 8505 3426 8503
3448 8477 3478 8453 3500 8450
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 275DEG 19KT 3496 8442 3477 8442
3463 8453 3451 8463 3437 8477 3425 8493Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:39 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
739 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014
GAZ002-003-300100-
739 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING DUE TO
PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN IN WALKER AND WEST CATOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM
EDT...
AT 712 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SOME WATER
OVER ROADWAYS IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WALKER COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS OTHER
AREAS FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST. THERE MAY BE OTHER ROADWAYS WITH STANDING
WATER OR RUNNING ACROSS AND DRIVING MAY BE HAZARDOUS. MOTORISTS AND
RESIDENTS IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE EXTREME CAUTION AS RUNOFF
LIKELY CONTINUES AFTER THE EARLIER STORMS.
&&
LAT...LON 3499 8515 3474 8528 3468 8536 3468 8548
3471 8548 3472 8547 3477 8546 3477 8545
3479 8545 3486 8544 3498 8536
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 180DEG 0KT 3472 8541Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:41 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
741 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014
GAZ039-300015-
741 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PENNY SIZED HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS
IN WILKES COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM EDT...
AT 738 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CELESTE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PENNY SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
WILKES COUNTY THROUGH 815 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM INCLUDE CELESTE...FICKLIN...NEWTOWN...TYRONE...MALLORYSVILLE...
LUNDBERG...TIGNALL...WASHINGTON...DELHI...ROCKY CREEK FIRE DEPT....
AONIA...DANBURG...FLORAL HILL...METASVILLE AND HOLLIDAY PARK. HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3363 8260 3361 8263 3360 8268 3362 8269
3361 8271 3362 8275 3366 8282 3363 8288
3386 8291 3396 8263 3388 8260 3387 8256
3382 8259 3365 8249
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 267DEG 18KT 3374 8279Local storm report, Jun 29, 7:42 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
742 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 PM TSTM WND DMG BOYNTON 34.92N 85.19W
06/29/2014 CATOOSA GA 911 CALL CENTER
CATOOSA COUNTY 911 REPORTED 1 TREE DOWN ON MILL LN
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC1400734
BANGHOFFLocal storm report, Jun 29, 7:47 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
747 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SW SUMMERVILLE 34.47N 85.36W
06/29/2014 CHATTOOGA GA 911 CALL CENTER
CHATOOGA COUNTY 911 REPORTED 1 TREE DOWN IN THE AREA OF
FILTER PLANT RD
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC1400735
BANGHOFFSpecial weather statement, Jun 29, 7:55 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
755 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014
GAZ071-072-300030-
755 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN MONROE AND JONES
COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM EDT...
AT 754 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PLANT SCHERER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS MONROE AND
JONES COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE
STORM INCLUDE PLANT SCHERER...JULIETTE...DAMES FERRY AND JARRELL
PLANTATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3314 8365 3304 8365 3297 8371 3299 8394
3310 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 265DEG 11KT 3303 8383The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 28 min |
| Jun 29, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 36 min |
| Jun 29, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 26 min |
| Jun 29, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 26 min |
| Jun 29, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 23 min |
| Jun 29, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 26 min |
| Jun 29, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 26 min |
| Jun 29, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 28 min |
| Jun 29, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray and 3 more | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 84 min |
| Jun 29, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Fulton | 29 min |
| Jun 29, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 81 min |
| Jun 29, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 34 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.