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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Sep 2, 2014, 3:10 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Douglas County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2014, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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, 3:01 PM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 3:01 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 301 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... WEAK IMPULSE IN THE FLOW PUSHING ACROSS THE EASTERN CONUS TODAY AND THIS MAY HELP THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. AFTER THIS THOUGH...NO SIGNIFICANT FEATURE AT THE UPPER LEVELS TO KEY IN ON IN THE SHORT TERM. BASICALLY WILL CONTINUE AGAIN TOMORROW WITH THE DIURNALLY DRIVEN THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH MUCAPE VALUES OVER 2000 J/KG WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREATS TOMORROW AFTERNOON APPEAR TO BE GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. FAIRLY BIG DISCREPANCIES IN THE TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE FOR TOMORROW WITH THE MAV BEING WARMER THAN THE MET. AT ATL...THERE IS A SIX DEGREE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO FOR HIGHS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. MUCH OF THIS IS CAUSED BY MORE CLOUD COVERAGE DEPICTED BY THE NAM. THINK THE NAM IS OVERDOING CLOUD COVERAGE THOUGH SO STARTED WITH A BLEND...AND THEN LEANED TOWARDS THE WARMER SIDE FOR HIGH TEMPS TOMORROW. ONCE AGAIN BOTH HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL. 11 .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... NO CHANGES TO THE CURRENT LONG TERM. SEE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BELOW... 17 LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... /ISSUED 325 AM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014/ SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH THE LONG TERM. WEAK TROUGH STILL IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL GA WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT WILL EVENTUALLY DISSIPATE ON THURSDAY. ALOFT...A WEAK SHEAR AXIS WILL REMAIN THROUGH FRIDAY. THE DISSIPATING BOUNDARY AND SHEAR AXIS ALOFT MAY SERVE TO FOCUS ANY CONVECTION THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. A WEAK FRONT IS STILL ON TRACK FOR THE MID TO LATE WEEKEND. WITH SUCCESSIVE RUNS...THE MODELS HAVE SLOWED THE SOUTHWARD PROGRESS OF THE BOUNDARY. CURRENTLY...THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN GA LATE SATURDAY/EARLY SUNDAY THEN STALL ACROSS CENTRAL GA BY LATE SUNDAY/EARLY MONDAY. THE FRONT LOOKS TO BECOME DIFFUSE BY TUESDAY. TEMPS STILL EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. NLISTEMAA && .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... MAIN CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON IS POTENTIAL OF CONVECTION AT THE TAF SITES. TIMING IS A CHALLENGE...BUT BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS...TSRA MAY BE MORE LIKELY AT ATL SITES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS RATHER THAN LATER THIS EVENING. WITH THESE STORMS EXPECT SHORT LIVED VSBY RESTRICTIONS...BKN-OVC CIGS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A WIND SHIFT NEAR OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... HIGH CONFIDENCE ON CIGS. MEDIUM ON WIND AND VSBY DUE TO TSRA POTENTIAL. 11 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 70 95 71 92 / 40 40 30 40 ATLANTA 73 90 73 88 / 30 40 40 40 BLAIRSVILLE 66 86 66 84 / 40 40 30 40 CARTERSVILLE 68 91 69 90 / 30 30 30 40 COLUMBUS 73 94 74 90 / 20 40 40 30 GAINESVILLE 71 90 72 89 / 40 40 30 40 MACON 71 94 71 92 / 30 40 40 30 ROME 68 92 69 91 / 40 30 30 40 PEACHTREE CITY 68 90 70 88 / 20 40 40 40 VIDALIA 73 95 73 92 / 20 40 30 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...11 LONG TERM....17 AVIATION...11
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 2, 5:14 AM EDT, 9 hours 56 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.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
310 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
GAZ031>033-043>045-055-021945-
310 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IN
PAULDING...COBB...DEKALB...DOUGLAS...CLAYTON AND FULTON COUNTIES
UNTIL 345 PM EDT...
AT 308 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SWEETWATER CREEK STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS PAULDING...COBB...DEKALB...DOUGLAS...CLAYTON AND FULTON
COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS INCLUDE CAMPBELLTON...FAIRBURN...BILL ARP...WINSTON...
DOUGLASVILLE...CHAPEL HILL...BROWNSVILLE...HIRAM...UNION CITY...
SWEETWATER CREEK STATE PARK...LITHIA SPRINGS...POWDER SPRINGS...
AUSTELL...SANDTOWN AND MABLETON. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3394 8428 3371 8417 3359 8436 3354 8471
3386 8494
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 251DEG 14KT 3372 8464The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 50 min |
| 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, 3:26 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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