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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 7, 2014Pickens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Sep 7, 2014, 3:08 PM EDT for Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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 7, 2014, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2014, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Pickens County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 2014-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 911 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 2014-09-07The 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
911 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 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.

666 
WWUS82 KFFC 071908
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
308 PM EDT SUN SEP 7 2014

GAZ013-021-071945-
308 PM EDT SUN SEP 7 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN
IN PICKENS AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 305 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
STRONG THUNDERSTORM AROUND TALMADGE...THAT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS PICKENS AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE TALMADGE...HINTON...
WALESKA AND SALACOA VALLEY. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3441 8443 3429 8452 3436 8466 3447 8465
      3451 8461
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 033DEG 3KT 3442 8459

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 12:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb34 min
Sep 7, 12:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb32 min
Sep 7, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs30 min
Sep 7, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin35 min
Sep 7, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston44 min
Sep 7, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly36 min
Sep 7, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes37 min
Sep 7, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene26 min
Sep 7, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock36 min
Sep 7, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Houston31 min
Sep 7, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes33 min
Sep 7, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp45 min
Sep 7, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe28 min
Sep 7, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Warren35 min
Sep 7, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe30 min
Sep 7, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett27 min
Sep 7, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter47 min
Sep 7, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Washington29 min
Sep 7, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett33 min
Sep 7, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe30 min
Sep 7, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Washington, Wilkinson33 min
Sep 7, 4:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett6 hr
Sep 7, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow37 min
Sep 7, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter33 min
Sep 7, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor25 min
Sep 7, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett35 min
Sep 7, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington47 min
Sep 7, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry46 min
Sep 7, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson26 min
Sep 7, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson52 min
Sep 7, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor32 min
Sep 7, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster30 min
Sep 7, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding27 min
Sep 7, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart32 min
Sep 7, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster47 min
Sep 7, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette, Henry29 min
Sep 7, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Douglas27 min
Sep 7, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin24 min
Sep 7, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether36 min
Sep 7, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup34 min
Sep 7, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson32 min
Sep 7, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart30 min
Sep 7, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll35 min
Sep 7, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard, Meriwether, Troup46 min
Sep 7, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot, Taylor27 min
Sep 7, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee49 min
Sep 7, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether32 min
Sep 7, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris27 min
Sep 7, 6:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether6 hr
Sep 7, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor23 min
Sep 7, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Troup48 min
Sep 7, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge31 min
Sep 7, 7:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMuscogee6 hr
Sep 7, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCandler23 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.