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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 2, 2014Douglas County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Sep 2, 2014, 2:45 PM EDT for Douglas County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 2, 2014, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2014, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Douglas County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 51 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2014-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1065 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2014-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -62 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1065 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 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 2, 1:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 1:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 2, 5:14 AM EDT, 9 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
514 AM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-031200-
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-
514 AM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON AND LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS...SMALL HAIL...NUMEROUS
LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...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 2, 2:14 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 2, 2:45 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach50 min
Sep 1, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Twiggs49 min
Sep 1, 8:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington47 min
Sep 1, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs44 min
Sep 1, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Washington51 min
Sep 2, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb34 min
Sep 2, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding33 min
Sep 2, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb31 min
Sep 2, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton35 min
Sep 2, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb29 min
Sep 2, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton37 min
Sep 2, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Jasper35 min
Sep 2, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Douglas, Fulton35 min
Sep 2, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Paulding23 min
Sep 2, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson40 min
Sep 2, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson24 min
Sep 2, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel30 min
Sep 2, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson36 min
Sep 2, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson29 min
Sep 2, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel39 min
Sep 2, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe34 min
Sep 2, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones32 min
Sep 2, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson, Washington45 min
Sep 2, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs30 min
Sep 2, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston42 min
Sep 2, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery27 min
Sep 2, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge26 min
Sep 2, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley33 min
Sep 2, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson27 min
Sep 2, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge37 min
Sep 2, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson49 min
Sep 2, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene29 min
Sep 2, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford20 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.