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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 7, 2014Candler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Sep 7, 2014, 7:52 PM EDT for Candler County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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, 7:52 PM EDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2014, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Candler County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 235 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

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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 7, 7:35 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 7:35 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 7, 2:40 PM EDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
240 PM EDT SUN SEP 7 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-080915-
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-
240 PM EDT SUN SEP 7 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN WILL BE
LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WITH SLOW MOVING
OR TRAINING STORMS AND SOME ENHANCED DOWNBURST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE.
ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE DEVELOPMENT CANNOT BE RULED OUT FOR THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE MORE NUMEROUS OVER
PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AS A RESULT OF LOW PRESSURE
PERSISTING OFF THE GEORGIA COAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
PERIOD...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS
COULD BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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Special weather statement, Sep 7, 7:12 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 7, 7:14 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 7, 7:44 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
744 PM EDT SUN SEP 07 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0655 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 W NEWNAN              33.37N  84.90W
09/07/2014                   COWETA             GA   911 CALL CENTER

            A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE
            COUNTY.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1400880

TDP
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 7:52 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
752 PM EDT SUN SEP 7 2014

GAZ086-080015-
752 PM EDT SUN SEP 7 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN
IN EMANUEL COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

AT 750 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LEXSY...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES ACROSS EMANUEL COUNTY THROUGH 815 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LEXSY...STILLMORE AND
OAK PARK. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3236 8224 3234 8223 3232 8223 3230 8227
      3229 8235 3232 8236 3234 8240 3247 8239
      3250 8221 3243 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 348DEG 5KT 3244 8231

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, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens37 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

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