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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 2, 2014Murray County, Whitfield County, Georgia

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2014-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1387 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 00:00Z on 2014-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
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

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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, 10:29 PM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 10:29 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
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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 8333
Special 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 8317
Special 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 8309
Local 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

RWILLIS
Local storm report, Sep 2, 8:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 2, 11:07 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 2, 11:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Gilmer, Murray40 min
Sep 3, 3:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCatoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield6 hr
Sep 3, 11:47 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 27 more16 hr
Sep 3, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion24 min
Sep 3, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll29 min
Sep 3, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll33 min
Sep 3, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether31 min
Sep 3, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter27 min
Sep 3, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee37 min
Sep 3, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield39 min
Sep 3, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee25 min
Sep 3, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley, Webster26 min
Sep 3, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Muscogee32 min
Sep 3, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley31 min
Sep 3, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro, Warren, Wilkes32 min
Sep 3, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton23 min
Sep 3, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton34 min
Sep 3, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb30 min
Sep 3, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Gordon54 min
Sep 3, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton24 min
Sep 3, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Gordon37 min
Sep 3, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett39 min
Sep 3, 5:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGordon6 hr
Sep 3, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett23 min
Sep 3, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer, Pickens28 min
Sep 3, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp41 min
Sep 3, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Washington, Wilkinson50 min
Sep 3, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall33 min
Sep 3, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth, Gwinnett, Jackson, Madison46 min
Sep 3, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Monroe33 min
Sep 3, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Forsyth, Hall, Jackson38 min
Sep 3, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Newton, Rockdale, Walton50 min
Sep 3, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Jones31 min
Sep 3, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson45 min
Sep 3, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones51 min
Sep 3, 7:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson6 hr
Sep 3, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding45 min
Sep 3, 7:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Newton, Walton39 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.