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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 8, 2014Carroll County, Paulding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2014, 7:07 PM EDT for Carroll County, Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
Aug 8, 2014, 7:07 PM EDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2014, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Carroll County, GA, Paulding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 12:00Z on 2014-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 617 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 12:00Z on 2014-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
617 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1163 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

630 
WWUS82 KFFC 082307
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
707 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2014

GAZ030-031-041>043-052-082345-
707 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 35 MPH WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN IN 
POLK...PAULDING...CARROLL...DOUGLAS...HARALSON AND HEARD COUNTIES 
UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

AT 704 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM VAN WERT TO 15 MILES WEST OF BLACKJACK 
MOUNTAIN...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND 
LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE ACROSS 
POLK...PAULDING...CARROLL...DOUGLAS...HARALSON AND HEARD COUNTIES 
THROUGH 745 PM EDT. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON 
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3373 8524 3405 8512 3402 8475 3366 8483
      3331 8521 3332 8528 3366 8534
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 280DEG 16KT 3399 8502 3371 8512
          3344 8552

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett29 min
Aug 7, 8:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry40 min
Aug 7, 8:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb46 min
Aug 7, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry45 min
Aug 7, 9:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton45 min
Aug 7, 9:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd67 min
Aug 7, 9:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Henry31 min
Aug 7, 10:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta39 min
Aug 7, 11:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry38 min
Aug 7, 11:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry46 min
Aug 8, 4:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray47 min
Aug 8, 5:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer45 min
Aug 8, 8:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks30 min
Aug 8, 12:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer, Pickens48 min
Aug 8, 12:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding45 min
Aug 8, 1:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding33 min
Aug 8, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette43 min
Aug 8, 1:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Douglas, Paulding39 min
Aug 8, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding36 min
Aug 8, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson34 min
Aug 8, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton49 min
Aug 8, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton39 min
Aug 8, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry33 min
Aug 8, 2:29 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb18 min
Aug 8, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry36 min
Aug 8, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale45 min
Aug 8, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin24 min
Aug 8, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Rockdale46 min
Aug 8, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas28 min
Aug 8, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton35 min
Aug 8, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe26 min
Aug 8, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam23 min
Aug 8, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett, Rockdale, Walton32 min
Aug 8, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton30 min
Aug 8, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Newton, Oconee and 1 more42 min
Aug 8, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton47 min
Aug 8, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Hancock, Jasper, Morgan, Oconee, Putnam52 min
Aug 8, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Taliaferro41 min
Aug 8, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson38 min
Aug 8, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Jones49 min
Aug 8, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee29 min
Aug 8, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren52 min
Aug 8, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs48 min
Aug 8, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock42 min
Aug 8, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Taliaferro, Warren66 min
Aug 8, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Clarke, Madison64 min
Aug 8, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes59 min
Aug 8, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen50 min
Aug 8, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson40 min
Aug 8, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro46 min
Aug 8, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson53 min
Aug 8, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Houston49 min
Aug 8, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson45 min
Aug 8, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs54 min
Aug 8, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington63 min
Aug 8, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade45 min
Aug 8, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll25 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.