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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 30, 2014Butts County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2014, 1:58 PM EDT for Butts County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 30, 2014, 1:58 PM EDT (17:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2014, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Butts County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 56 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1064 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 781 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 85 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 30, 1:50 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 1:50 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 7:43 AM EDT, 6 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
743 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-011100-
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-
743 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

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

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

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA TODAY...

DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER DISTURBANCE PUSHING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL
PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING.
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS
MORNING.

WEAK DISTURBANCES IN THE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO
INTERACT WITH A MOIST AND INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO PRODUCE
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME
STRONG TO SEVERE... MAINLY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING.

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

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY... 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 30, 10:20 AM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1020 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

GAZ004-005-007-301500-
1020 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN WHITFIELD...MURRAY
AND WEST GILMER COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM EDT...

AT 1015 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS FROM JUST NORTH OF DALTON THROUGH CHATSWORTH
TO NEAR CARTERS LAKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
WHITFIELD...MURRAY AND WEST GILMER COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
CARTERS...RAMHURST...FORT MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...CHATSWORTH...ETON...
CRANDALL...TAILS CREEK...ROUNDTOP AND MOUNTAINTOWN.

DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES. TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3476 8448 3455 8458 3476 8495 3491 8484
TIME...MOT...LOC 1418Z 271DEG 17KT 3469 8464

16

Local storm report, Jun 30, 10:32 AM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1032 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0645 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NNW MOUNT VERNON      34.80N  85.06W
06/29/2014                   WHITFIELD          GA   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG MOUNT VERNON ROAD AND MILL
            LANE ROAD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1400743

DEESE

Local storm report, Jun 30, 11:05 AM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1105 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E CALHOUN             34.50N  84.86W
06/29/2014                   GORDON             GA   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES WERE REPORTED DOWN ON THE
            EASTERN SIDE OF THE COUNTY.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1400744

DEESE

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1223 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

GAZ021-032>034-043>045-301715-
1223 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN CHEROKEE...
COBB...DEKALB...DOUGLAS...GWINNETT AND FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM
EDT...

AT 1219 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM ALPHARETTA TO JIM R MILLER PARK...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS
CHEROKEE...COBB...DEKALB...DOUGLAS...GWINNETT AND FULTON COUNTIES
THROUGH 115 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS
INCLUDE MOUNTAIN PARK...MILTON...ROSWELL...ALPHARETTA...DUE WEST...
LOST MOUNTAIN PARK...JIM R MILLER PARK...MOUNT BETHEL...SANDY
PLAINS...WHITE WATER PARK...DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE...MARIETTA...
MABLETON...AUSTELL AND SANDY SPRINGS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3403 8450 3418 8426 3411 8426 3408 8419
      3406 8415 3405 8411 3407 8412 3407 8410
      3405 8411 3395 8398 3370 8423 3369 8460
      3396 8472
TIME...MOT...LOC 1623Z 324DEG 17KT 3409 8421 3395 8443
          3387 8458

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:58 PM EDT, 1 hour before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1258 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

GAZ033-044>046-054-055-057-301745-
1258 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL...40 MPH WINDS...
AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IN ROCKDALE...DEKALB...
FAYETTE...HENRY...CLAYTON AND FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM EDT...

AT 1252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF GRESHAM PARK TO EAST
POINT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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 ROCKDALE...DEKALB...FAYETTE...HENRY...CLAYTON AND FULTON
COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS INCLUDE HAPEVILLE...EAST POINT...COLLEGE PARK...UNION CITY...
GRESHAM PARK...HARTSFIELD-JACKSON AIRPORT...BELMONT...REDAN...CEDAR
GROVE...FORT GILLEM...FOREST PARK...CONLEY...LITHONIA...SNAPFINGER
AND ELLENWOOD. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3370 8423 3381 8412 3380 8410 3362 8398
      3339 8423 3342 8454 3369 8459
TIME...MOT...LOC 1657Z 334DEG 26KT 3382 8427 3372 8436
          3366 8450

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 1:58 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	29 min
Jun 29, 8:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	27 min
Jun 29, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	27 min
Jun 29, 8:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	22 min
Jun 29, 9:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	25 min
Jun 29, 9:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Twiggs, Wilkinson	43 min
Jun 29, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	30 min
Jun 29, 9:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Laurens	48 min
Jun 29, 10:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Johnson, Laurens, Wilkinson	45 min
Jun 30, 12:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield	50 min
Jun 30, 12:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	27 min
Jun 30, 12:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding, Polk	38 min
Jun 30, 12:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Gordon	78 min
Jun 30, 1:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	32 min
Jun 30, 1:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	21 min
Jun 30, 2:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pickens	44 min
Jun 30, 9:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	24 min
Jun 30, 9:57 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Gilmer	6 hr
Jun 30, 10:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	40 min
Jun 30, 12:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Rockdale	47 min
Jun 30, 1:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Henry, Newton and 2 more	45 min
Jun 30, 2:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Spalding	42 min
Jun 30, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Jasper, Newton	48 min
Jun 30, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	32 min
Jun 30, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether, Pike, Upson	23 min
Jun 30, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford	25 min
Jun 30, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Peach	24 min
Jun 30, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	34 min
Jun 30, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Twiggs	45 min
Jun 30, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	32 min
Jun 30, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	34 min
Jun 30, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	32 min
Jun 30, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	27 min
Jun 30, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	29 min
Jun 30, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee	46 min
Jun 30, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Pulaski, Telfair, Wilcox	39 min
Jun 30, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	30 min
Jun 30, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	22 min
Jun 30, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	37 min

Nearby

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Sources

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