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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 1, 2014Peach County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Sep 1, 2014, 8:10 PM EDT for Peach County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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, 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired: Sep 1, 2014, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Peach County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 111 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: 815 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1326 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 25 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 Sep 1, 7:15 PM EDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 7:15 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
715 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 334 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014/

SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
THE COMBINATION OF WEAK RIDGING AND MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA WILL
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT DIURNAL CONVECTION THROUGH THE SHORT TERM
PERIOD. HAVE GONE WITH CHANCE POPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
TUESDAY...DIMINISHING AFTER 10 PM. MLCAPES CONTINUE TO BE
DECENT...WITH HIGHEST VALUES IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
CWA...AND ALTHOUGH SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT NECESSARILY ANTICIPATED
TODAY OR TUESDAY...AN ISOLATED STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT. STORMS
TUESDAY WILL LIKELY FIRE ALONG OLD BOUNDARIES FROM CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY
THIS AFTERNOON.

ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AND INTO MID
WEEK. HAVE GENERALLY GONE WITH A BLEND OF MODEL GUIDANCE WITH
VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE AREA IN THE LOW TO MID 90S IN THE AFTERNOON.

31

LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
EAST-WEST ORIENTED UPPER RIDGE SHOULD REMAIN FIRMLY IN PLACE
ACROSS SOUTHERN STATES THRU SATURDAY. EVEN BY THE WEEKEND...NO
INDICATION OF STRONG PATTERN SHIFT OR AIRMASS CHANGE IN 12Z MODEL
GUIDANCE. MED RANGE MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT HEIGHT AND MOISTURE
FIELDS WHICH GET ABOUT AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET TO MEDIAN
CONDITIONS FOR THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER. WARM DAYS AND NIGHTS WITH
APPROX 30PCT COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON/EVENING SHRA/TSRA...PERHAPS A
BIT HIGHER COVERAGE BASED ON MODEL MEAN RH FIELDS.

NOT SEEING ANY HIGH IMPACT...TROPICAL SYSTEMS OR PATTERN CHANGING
FEATURES IN MODEL FORECASTS. 12Z GFS DOES TAKE A TURN FOR A WARMER
PATTERN NEXT WEEK WITH UPPER HIGH BUILDING OVER THE SOUTHEAST
CONUS...BUT THIS SOLUTION NOT CONSISTENT WITH PREV RUNS OR 12Z
ECMWF. REFRESHED TEMPS BASED ON 30DAY BIAS CORRECTED GRIDDED
BLENDED GUIDANCE AND LATEST HPC GUIDANCE. MOST OTHER FIELDS IN
GOOD SHAPE WITH ACCURATE DEPICTION OF DIURNAL CONVECTION IN POP
AND WX GRIDS.

SNELSON

PREV LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
ISSUED 323 AM EDT MON SEP 1 2014...
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-
WEEK. THE SURFACE HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD ON WEDNESDAY...BUT A
WEAK BOUNDARY MAY TRY AND SNEAK THROUGH A WEAKNESS IN THE RIDGE.
THE BOUNDARY MAY PROVIDE SOME FOCUS FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...BUT IT SHOULD DIMINISH BY FRIDAY. A
SECOND FRONTAL BOUNDARY MAY IMPACT THE CWFA DURING THE WEEKEND.
MODELS HAVE SLOWED THE BOUNDARYS PROGRESSION DOWN.

OVERALL...NO REAL CHANGES NEEDED TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST. POPS WILL
MAINLY REMAIN DIURNAL IN NATURE. COVERAGE SHOULD INCREASE TOWARDS
THE END OF THE WEEK AS THE SURFACE HIGH MOVES OFFSHORE AND WINDS
TURN MORE SOUTHERLY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH
THE PERIOD...WITH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY BEING THE HOTTEST DAYS.

NLISTEMAA

&&

.AVIATION...
00Z UPDATE...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE THIS EVENING.
OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH PATCHY MVFR VSBYS DUE TO
FOG POSSIBLE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SURFACE WINDS LIGHT AND
VARIABLE OR CALM FOR THE OVERNIGHT.
POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON TUESDAY.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...00Z UPDATE...
LOW CONFIDENCE FOR FURTHER IMPACTS OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS EVENING.
MEDIUM CONFIDENCE FOR VSBYS DURING THE EARLY MORNING.
HIGH CONFIDENCE ALL OTHER ELEMENTS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT.

BDL

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          70  95  70  95 /  20  40  30  30
ATLANTA         73  93  73  90 /  30  40  20  30
BLAIRSVILLE     65  88  66  86 /  20  40  30  40
CARTERSVILLE    70  94  68  91 /  30  40  20  30
COLUMBUS        74  96  74  92 /  30  40  20  40
GAINESVILLE     71  92  71  91 /  20  40  30  40
MACON           71  95  71  94 /  30  40  20  40
ROME            69  94  68  91 /  30  40  20  30
PEACHTREE CITY  69  92  68  91 /  30  40  20  30
VIDALIA         74  95  74  93 /  30  40  30  30

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...BDL
LONG TERM....30
AVIATION...BDL

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 4:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
400 PM 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-
400 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014

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

.DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH AROUND 10PM THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE
STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS...SMALL HAIL...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. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE
STRONG.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 1, 7:50 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
750 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014

GAZ061-073-074-020015-
750 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN
WASHINGTON...BALDWIN AND HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

AT 748 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF BEULAH...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS WASHINGTON...BALDWIN AND HANCOCK COUNTIES...
INCLUDING AREAS AROUND UNDERWOOD...BEULAH...DEEPSTEP...WARTHEN AND
LINTON. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.

&&

LAT...LON 3305 8273 3296 8310 3297 8311 3299 8312
      3301 8313 3301 8315 3312 8321 3328 8284
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 249DEG 11KT 3307 8307

Special weather statement, Sep 1, 7:53 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
753 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014

GAZ097-020030-
753 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN LAURENS
COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM EDT...

AT 748 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DUBLIN...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS LAURENS COUNTY...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
HARLOW...DUBLIN...EAST DUBLIN...BREWTON...MINTER AND LOVETT.
RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND
TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.

&&

LAT...LON 3248 8265 3246 8299 3264 8302 3269 8280
      3266 8279 3261 8267 3252 8268 3252 8265
      3249 8264
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 261DEG 10KT 3257 8290

Special weather statement, Sep 1, 7:54 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
754 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014

GAZ082-020030-
754 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IN BIBB
COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM EDT...

AT 753 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PAYNE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS BIBB COUNTY...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
WESLEYAN...LAKE TOBESOFKEE...ARKWRIGHT...LIZELLA...PAYNE CITY...
SKIPPERTON...MACON...FRANKLINTON...MIDDLE GEORGIA REGIONAL AIRPORT...
CROSS KEYS AND RUTLAND. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS.
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN
EMERGENCY.

&&

LAT...LON 3277 8385 3290 8381 3293 8374 3293 8370
      3289 8365 3289 8360 3287 8358 3288 8357
      3282 8349 3274 8357 3274 8360 3267 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 288DEG 8KT 3283 8373

Local storm report, Sep 1, 7:59 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
759 PM EDT MON SEP 01 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SE SANDY POINT        32.73N  83.89W
09/01/2014                   CRAWFORD           GA   911 CALL CENTER

            TWO TREES REPORTED DOWN BY CRAWFORD COUNTY 911.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1400855

RWILLIS

Local storm report, Sep 1, 8:04 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
804 PM EDT MON SEP 01 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NNE GAILLARD          32.66N  84.00W
09/01/2014                   CRAWFORD           GA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            A TREE REPORTEDLY FELL ON A CAR ON AVERA ROAD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1400856

RWILLIS

Special weather statement, Sep 1, 8:10 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
810 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014

GAZ080>082-093-094-020100-
810 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN PEACH...MACON...TAYLOR...BIBB AND CRAWFORD
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

AT 806 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NAKOMIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

&&

LAT...LON 3256 8414 3278 8385 3268 8370 3265 8372
      3261 8371 3253 8372 3253 8375 3250 8375
      3251 8379 3245 8380 3244 8382 3246 8384
      3244 8384 3241 8392
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 246DEG 14KT 3254 8396

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 1, 8:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Twiggs	49 min
Sep 1, 8:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	47 min
Sep 1, 8:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	44 min
Sep 1, 8:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Washington	51 min
Sep 2, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	34 min
Sep 2, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	33 min
Sep 2, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	31 min
Sep 2, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	35 min
Sep 2, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	29 min
Sep 2, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	37 min
Sep 2, 2:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Jasper	35 min
Sep 2, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	30 min
Sep 2, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton	35 min
Sep 2, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Paulding	23 min
Sep 2, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson	40 min
Sep 2, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	24 min
Sep 2, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	30 min
Sep 2, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	36 min
Sep 2, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	29 min
Sep 2, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	39 min
Sep 2, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Monroe	34 min
Sep 2, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	32 min
Sep 2, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson, Washington	45 min
Sep 2, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	30 min
Sep 2, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston	42 min
Sep 2, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery	27 min
Sep 2, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	26 min
Sep 2, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	33 min
Sep 2, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	27 min
Sep 2, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	37 min
Sep 2, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Twiggs, Wilkinson	49 min
Sep 2, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	29 min
Sep 2, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford	20 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.