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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 15, 2014Toombs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2014, 3:43 PM EDT for Toombs 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
Jul 15, 2014, 3:43 PM EDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2014, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Toombs County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 212 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2014-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 633 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2014-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
633 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 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 Jul 15, 3:36 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 3:36 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 6:08 AM EDT, 9 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
608 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-161015-
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-
608 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

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

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

...STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

DISCUSSION...

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE STATE TODAY. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SOME OF
THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY
RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OR
TWO...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD LEAD TO
MINOR FLOODING...CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT FOR WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY...WITH ANOTHER SYSTEM APPROACHING FOR THE WEEKEND. A
PROLONGED PERIOD OF INCREASED CHANCES FOR STORMS IS EXPECTED
THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
211 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

GAZ095-096-107-151845-
211 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IN PULASKI...
BLECKLEY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM EDT...

AT 207 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER OCMULGEE PUBLIC FISHING AREA...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.

LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS PULASKI...BLECKLEY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES...
INCLUDING AREAS AROUND BROWNDALE...GROVE PARK...CLINCHFIELD...
GROVANIA...HAYNEVILLE...ELKO...SAND BED...KLONDIKE...OCMULGEE PUBLIC
FISHING AREA...MAGNOLIA...PULASKI STATE PRISON...HAWKINSVILLE...
HARTFORD...PORTER AND MOBLEY CROSSING. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD
STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED
UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.

&&

LAT...LON 3227 8359 3229 8361 3230 8371 3243 8374
      3244 8374 3250 8359 3249 8349 3246 8349
      3248 8341 3245 8321 3234 8330 3232 8329
      3225 8337 3223 8335 3220 8337
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 286DEG 14KT 3238 8351
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:50 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:21 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:27 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:43 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
Jul 14, 8:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga40 min
Jul 14, 8:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon31 min
Jul 14, 9:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade32 min
Jul 15, 11:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam39 min
Jul 15, 12:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Jones, Monroe, Putnam52 min
Jul 15, 12:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Peach26 min
Jul 15, 12:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock, Warren23 min
Jul 15, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Houston, Macon, Peach and 3 more30 min
Jul 15, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs28 min
Jul 15, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren27 min
Jul 15, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Houston, Pulaski34 min
Jul 15, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Macon, Sumter51 min
Jul 15, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair25 min
Jul 15, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford31 min
Jul 15, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs, Wheeler24 min
Jul 15, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Schley, Sumter93 min
Jul 15, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Taylor36 min
Jul 15, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon25 min
Jul 15, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee37 min
Jul 15, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro30 min
Jul 15, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee27 min
Jul 15, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris43 min

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Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014

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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.