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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 30, 2014Crawford County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2014, 3:20 PM EDT for Crawford County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2014, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Crawford County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 85 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, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

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

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 3:00 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
300 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-011900-
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-
300 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

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

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

...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MAINLY CENTRAL
GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING...

DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER DISTURBANCE PUSHING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL
PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL
GEORGIA.

A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE... MAINLY
THROUGH 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, 2:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 2:42 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:58 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

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

GAZ081>083-095-301930-
258 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN TWIGGS...BIBB...CRAWFORD AND HOUSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

AT 255 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER RUTLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
TWIGGS...BIBB...CRAWFORD AND HOUSTON COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MIDDLE GEORGIA
REGIONAL AIRPORT...SKIPPERTON...RUTLAND...ELBERTA...WARNER ROBINS...
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE...HUBER...FITZPATRICK AND BULLARD. HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3263 8368 3267 8371 3269 8370 3269 8373
      3280 8366 3276 8343 3261 8346 3259 8356
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 296DEG 12KT 3272 8362

Local storm report, Jun 30, 3:03 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
303 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

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

0214 PM     TSTM WND DMG     JACKSON                 33.29N  83.97W
06/30/2014                   BUTTS              GA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN IN BUTTS COUNTY INCLUDING ONE ON HWY 36 AND
            ONE ON BROWNLEE RD

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1400746

BANGHOFF

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:07 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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

GAZ067>069-079-301930-
307 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS
IN TALBOT...PIKE...MERIWETHER AND UPSON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

AT 302 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM LIFSEY SPRINGS TO GREENVILLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS TALBOT...PIKE...MERIWETHER AND UPSON COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM
EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CONCORD...
HILLTOP...LIFSEY SPRINGS...MOLENA...IMLAC...GAY...GREENVILLE...
WOODBURY...ATWATER...RALEIGH...HANNAHS MILL...CREST...MANCHESTER...
ROWLAND AND SUNNYSIDE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3286 8419 3279 8438 3278 8465 3308 8473
      3312 8455 3316 8441
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 331DEG 26KT 3302 8434 3300 8450
          3301 8466

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:20 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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

GAZ081-082-301945-
320 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS
IN BIBB AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 316 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MUSELLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
BIBB AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MUSELLA...KNOXVILLE...ROBERTA...HORNS...
SANDY POINT...FRIENDSHIP...LAKE TOBESOFKEE...LIZELLA AND LEE POPE.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3271 8414 3285 8410 3285 8392 3283 8379
      3268 8379 3260 8392
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 294DEG 12KT 3275 8404

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, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts	32 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, 3:51 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

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.