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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Sep 1, 2014, 3:33 PM EDT for Carroll County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Carroll County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 63 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.
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</html>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 Sep 1, 2:38 PM EDT, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 2:38 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 11:55 AM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1155 AM EDT MON SEP 1 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-021200- 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- 1155 AM EDT MON SEP 1 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 1:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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 8462Special weather statement, Sep 1, 1:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
151 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014
GAZ044-053-011815-
151 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN COWETA AND
FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT...
AT 150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PALMETTO...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS COWETA AND FULTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS
AROUND CHATTAHOOCHEE HILL COUNTRY...THOMAS CROSSROADS...MADRAS...
CANNONGATE...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 3356 8483 3371 8448 3365 8445 3355 8446
3352 8459 3348 8463 3342 8462 3339 8475
3355 8483
TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 248DEG 9KT 3351 8469Special weather statement, Sep 1, 3:33 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
333 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014
GAZ042-012000-
333 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN CARROLL
COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM EDT...
AT 329 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER JOHN TANNER STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.
LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS CARROLL COUNTY...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND JOHN
TANNER STATE PARK...ROOPVILLE...BOWDON...MOUNT ZION...CARROLLTON...
BOWDON JUNCTION...TREASURE LAKE...ABILENE...VILLA RICA AND TEMPLE.
RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND
TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
&&
LAT...LON 3369 8519 3370 8515 3369 8511 3372 8506
3381 8505 3381 8500 3373 8491 3362 8490
3361 8491 3345 8515 3358 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 225DEG 10KT 3358 8515The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 24 min |
| Sep 1, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 24 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 |
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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.