Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2014
Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2014, 11:13 PM EDT for Floyd County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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 10, 2014, 11:13 PM EDT (03:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2014, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Floyd County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 813 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1029 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
078
WWUS82 KFFC 110313
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1113 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014
GAZ019-110400-
1113 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN FLOYD COUNTY UNTIL
MIDNIGHT EDT...
AT 1109 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SERIES OF THUNDERSTORM CAUSING HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR THE EAST SIDE OF
LINDALE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
QUICK RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS FLOYD COUNTY...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND LINDALE AND SENEY.
DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3433 8513 3427 8503 3425 8502 3422 8503
3421 8505 3410 8504 3409 8512 3408 8512
3408 8514 3421 8519
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 314DEG 3KT 3417 8508
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 51 min |
| Aug 10, 10:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 11:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 58 min |
| Aug 11, 12:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 54 min |
| Aug 11, 1:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding, Polk | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 2:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 50 min |
| Aug 11, 2:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee, Troup | 46 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.