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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Sep 2, 2014, 11:07 PM EDT for Murray County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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, 11:07 PM EDT (03:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2014, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Murray County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1387 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1237 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 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, 10:29 PM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 10:29 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 2, 5:42 PM EDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 542 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-031000- 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- 542 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY MIDNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND 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. 30
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 2, 6:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
648 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
GAZ084-022315-
648 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN WILKINSON COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM EDT...
AT 647 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GORDON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS WILKINSON COUNTY...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
IVEY...GORDON...MCINTYRE...NICKLESVILLE AND IRWINTON. RESIDENTS IN
THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES
SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
&&
LAT...LON 3271 8296 3260 8318 3269 8329 3290 8341
3293 8336 3295 8329 3274 8294
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 309DEG 18KT 3285 8333Special weather statement, Sep 2, 6:53 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
653 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
GAZ109-022330-
653 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GRESSTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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 DODGE COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF
THESE STORMS INCLUDE DUBOIS...GRESSTON...YONKERS...RODDY...CHESTER...
PLAINFIELD...EASTMAN...GODWINSVILLE...JAY BIRD SPRINGS...ACHORD...
CHAUNCEY AND FIVE POINTS. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3231 8331 3232 8328 3234 8329 3241 8313
3215 8300 3217 8295 3215 8294 3214 8296
3212 8294 3196 8314
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 334DEG 17KT 3229 8317Special weather statement, Sep 2, 7:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
746 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
GAZ050-030015-
746 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN GREENE COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM EDT...
AT 745 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER UNION POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 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 GREENE COUNTY THROUGH 815 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH
OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE PENFIELD...SILOAM...GREENSBORO...UNION
POINT...WOODVILLE...JACKSONVILLE AND DANIEL SPRINGS. HEAVY DOWNPOURS
WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3362 8298 3363 8299 3362 8300 3360 8299
3359 8301 3355 8300 3349 8311 3363 8324
3371 8314 3370 8311 3371 8305 3367 8295
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 232DEG 6KT 3361 8309Local storm report, Sep 2, 7:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
750 PM EDT TUE SEP 02 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM TSTM WND DMG SPANN 32.67N 82.75W
09/02/2014 JOHNSON GA EMERGENCY MNGR
FOUR STRUCTURES WITH WIND DAMAGE. A MOBILE HOME WAS
BLOWN OFF CINDER BLOCKS AND ROLLED...THE ROOF OF A HAY
BARN WAS BLOWN OFF...SHINGLES WERE BLOWN OFF A HOME.
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC1400862
RWILLISLocal storm report, Sep 2, 8:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 11:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 40 min |
| Sep 3, 3:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 11:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 27 more | 16 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 24 min |
| Sep 3, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 29 min |
| Sep 3, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 33 min |
| Sep 3, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 31 min |
| Sep 3, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 27 min |
| Sep 3, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 37 min |
| Sep 3, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 39 min |
| Sep 3, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 25 min |
| Sep 3, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Webster | 26 min |
| Sep 3, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 32 min |
| Sep 3, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley | 31 min |
| Sep 3, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 32 min |
| Sep 3, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 23 min |
| Sep 3, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 34 min |
| Sep 3, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 30 min |
| Sep 3, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 54 min |
| Sep 3, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 24 min |
| Sep 3, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 37 min |
| Sep 3, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 39 min |
| Sep 3, 5:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 23 min |
| Sep 3, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 28 min |
| Sep 3, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 41 min |
| Sep 3, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 50 min |
| Sep 3, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall | 33 min |
| Sep 3, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett, Jackson, Madison | 46 min |
| Sep 3, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Monroe | 33 min |
| Sep 3, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Forsyth, Hall, Jackson | 38 min |
| Sep 3, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 50 min |
| Sep 3, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Jones | 31 min |
| Sep 3, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 45 min |
| Sep 3, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 51 min |
| Sep 3, 7:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 45 min |
| Sep 3, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Newton, Walton | 39 min |
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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.