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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 25, 2014Dooly County, Pulaski County, Sumter County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 25, 2014, 9:22 PM EDT for Dooly County, Pulaski County, Sumter County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 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 25, 2014, 9:22 PM EDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2014, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Dooly County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Sumter County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 00:00Z on 2014-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 121 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 00:00Z on 2014-07-26The 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
121 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 25, 8:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 8:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 5:20 AM EDT, 16 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
520 AM EDT FRI JUL 25 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-260930-
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-
520 AM EDT FRI JUL 25 2014

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

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

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

DISCUSSION...

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE STATE
WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS AREAS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN ATLANTA TO ATHENS LINE. THESE STORMS SHOULD
OCCUR MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE INFLUENCE OF DAYTIME HEATING
AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE
HEAVY RAINFALL...AND ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG...NO
SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SLOW MOVING STORMS OR
STORMS THAT TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

STORM CHANCES GENERALLY DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY...WITH
ISOLATED STORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS RETURN SUNDAY AND INCREASED CHANCES ARE
EXPECTED MONDAY AS ANOTHER FRONT IMPACTS THE AREA. MONDAY THROUGH
EARLY TUESDAY LOOKS TO HAVE THE HIGHER CHANCES FOR STRONG AND
POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS. BEHIND THE FRONT DRY CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

.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 25, 9:22 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
922 PM EDT FRI JUL 25 2014

GAZ093-095-104-105-107-260215-
922 PM EDT FRI JUL 25 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN SUMTER...PULASKI...
MACON...DOOLY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM EDT...

AT 911 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM GROVANIA TO DOOLING
AND AMERICUS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

AROUND A HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH THESE STORMS
AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR MORE IS POSSIBLE. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL
AVERAGE AROUND ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.
RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...ROADS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SUMTER...PULASKI...MACON...DOOLY AND HOUSTON
COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND FIVE POINTS...ANDERSONVILLE...
GROVE PARK...CLINCHFIELD...GROVANIA...HAYNEVILLE...ELKO...
HENDERSON...CLEAR VIEW...THE ANDERSONVILLE NATIONAL HISTORIC
SITE...FRIENDSHIP...SHILOH...CONCORD...KLONDIKE AND DOOLING.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS...WOODLANDS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3206 8443 3217 8442 3216 8419 3222 8418
      3247 8358 3227 8335 3223 8337 3211 8364
      3203 8392 3203 8396 3202 8396 3196 8417
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 294DEG 5KT 3236 8355 3227 8386
          3208 8431

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 9:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens62 min
Jul 25, 10:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens47 min
Jul 25, 10:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Pulaski28 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.