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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 31, 2014Oglethorpe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 31, 2014, 3:27 AM EDT for Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 31, 2014, 3:27 AM EDT (07:27 UTC)
Expired: Aug 31, 2014, 4:00 AM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Oglethorpe County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:26 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 1067 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1361 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 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 Aug 31, 2:46 AM EDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 2:46 AM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 3:57 PM EDT, 11 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
357 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-312000-
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-
357 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

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

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

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME STRONG PRODUCING GUSTY
WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN
ON SUNDAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST
PERIOD WITH MAINLY A DIURNAL PATTERN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 30, 9:39 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
939 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

GAZ031-032-042-043-310215-
939 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN PAULDING...
CARROLL...COBB AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM EDT...

AT 938 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NEW GEORGIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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
PAULDING...CARROLL...COBB AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE UNION...BILL ARP...
WINSTON...DOUGLASVILLE...LAKE VAL-DO-MAR...VILLA RICA...NEW
GEORGIA...BROWNSVILLE...LITHIA SPRINGS...AUSTELL...DALLAS...HIRAM...
POWDER SPRINGS...NEW HOPE AND BURNT HICKORY RIDGE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS
WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3408 8486 3408 8476 3408 8464 3394 8445
      3364 8481 3380 8502
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 222DEG 25KT 3381 8486

Special weather statement, Aug 30, 10:16 PM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 31, 3:27 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 30, 8:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Dade, Walker	23 min
Aug 30, 8:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade, Walker	31 min
Aug 30, 9:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Douglas, Paulding	36 min
Aug 30, 10:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	44 min
Aug 31, 7:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	48 min
Aug 31, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	30 min
Aug 31, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	33 min
Aug 31, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	34 min
Aug 31, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	24 min
Aug 31, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	24 min
Aug 31, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	36 min
Aug 31, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens, Treutlen	21 min
Aug 31, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wheeler	23 min
Aug 31, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	37 min
Aug 31, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	31 min
Aug 31, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	25 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2014 Every 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.