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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Sep 1, 2014, 1:21 PM EDT for Douglas County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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
- Sep 1, 2014, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2014, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Douglas County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 579 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1172 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
969
WWUS82 KFFC 011721
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
121 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014
GAZ033-044-011745-
121 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN FULTON
COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM EDT...
AT 120 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PALMETTO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS FULTON COUNTY...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
CHATTAHOOCHEE HILL COUNTRY...PALMETTO...UNION CITY AND FAIRBURN.
RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND
TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
&&
LAT...LON 3372 8450 3364 8445 3365 8446 3355 8446
3352 8459 3350 8461 3351 8473 3356 8477
TIME...MOT...LOC 1722Z 241DEG 5KT 3352 8462
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 24 min |
| Sep 1, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 27 min |
| Sep 1, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 36 min |
| Sep 1, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 42 min |
| Sep 1, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 39 min |
| Sep 1, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 29 min |
| Sep 1, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 24 min |
| Sep 1, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 18 min |
| Sep 1, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 21 min |
| Sep 1, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 25 min |
| Sep 1, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 23 min |
| Sep 1, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 34 min |
| Sep 1, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 34 min |
| Sep 1, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones, Monroe | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 37 min |
| Sep 1, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 32 min |
| Sep 1, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 30 min |
| Sep 1, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 25 min |
| Sep 1, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 36 min |
| Sep 1, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 35 min |
| Sep 1, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 37 min |
| Sep 1, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 36 min |
| Sep 1, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 31 min |
| Sep 1, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 28 min |
| Sep 1, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 24 min |
| Sep 1, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 35 min |
| Sep 1, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford | 42 min |
| Sep 1, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 26 min |
| Sep 1, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 29 min |
| Sep 1, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery | 28 min |
| Sep 1, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 28 min |
| Sep 1, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 27 min |
| Sep 1, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 27 min |
| Sep 1, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 25 min |
| Sep 1, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 37 min |
| Sep 1, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 36 min |
Nearby
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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.