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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 9, 2014Treutlen County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Oct 9, 2014, 4:25 PM EDT for Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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: Oct 9, 2014, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired: Oct 9, 2014, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Treutlen County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 215 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1417 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 Oct 9, 3:50 PM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 3:50 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 9, 3:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
310 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-101915-
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-
310 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014

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

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

STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
NORTH GEORGIA.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...AND GUSTY WINDS.

DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS AREAS OF
NORTH GEORGIA. SOME STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY SHOULD BEGIN TO WANE AFTER
SUNSET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

FOR FRIDAY...A STRONGER SHORT WAVE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTH
GEORGIA. WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER INSTABILITY AND SHEAR VALUES...A FEW
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE EACH DAY...MAINLY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. THE MAIN THREAT FROM
ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

FOR TUESDAY...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING INCREASING CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS...WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOOKING INCREASINGLY POSSIBLE.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO
WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 9, 3:27 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
327 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014

GAZ002>005-092000-
327 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN WHITFIELD...WALKER...MURRAY AND CATOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM
EDT...

AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NAOMI...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
WHITFIELD...WALKER...MURRAY AND CATOOSA COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE NAOMI...VILLANOW...
WOOD STATION...MILL CREEK...DALTON...ROCKY FACE AND TUNNEL HILL.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3488 8500 3467 8492 3462 8521 3477 8526
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 252DEG 10KT 3472 8519

Special weather statement, Oct 9, 3:33 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
333 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014

GAZ004-005-092015-
333 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN WHITFIELD AND MURRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER COHUTTA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
WHITFIELD AND MURRAY COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE COHUTTA...BEAVERDALE...SUMAC...
CISCO...GREGORY AND TENNGA. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3487 8466 3488 8495 3499 8495 3500 8493
      3499 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 262DEG 10KT 3494 8493

Special weather statement, Oct 9, 3:37 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
337 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014

GAZ024-092015-
337 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN BANKS COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

AT 335 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST CENTRAL BANKS COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
BANKS COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM INCLUDE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3439 8337 3433 8339 3427 8334 3425 8333
      3424 8343 3439 8353 3442 8337
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 263DEG 13KT 3432 8341

Special weather statement, Oct 9, 3:39 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
339 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014

GAZ031>033-043-044-092030-
339 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN PAULDING...COBB...DOUGLAS AND FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT...

AT 337 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DOUGLASVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
PAULDING...COBB...DOUGLAS AND FULTON COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE WINSTON...
BROWNSVILLE...DOUGLASVILLE...CHAPEL HILL...POWDER SPRINGS...LITHIA
SPRINGS...SWEETWATER CREEK STATE PARK...AUSTELL...SANDTOWN...
MABLETON...SIX FLAGS OVER GEORGIA...SMYRNA AND CASCADE HEIGHTS. HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3391 8448 3368 8445 3367 8486 3385 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 264DEG 17KT 3377 8476

Special weather statement, Oct 9, 3:41 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 9, 4:25 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 8, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	31 min
Oct 9, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lumpkin	47 min
Oct 9, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Jackson	38 min
Oct 9, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	33 min
Oct 9, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	26 min
Oct 9, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding	39 min
Oct 9, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	28 min
Oct 9, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa	52 min
Oct 9, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Whitfield	33 min
Oct 9, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	42 min
Oct 9, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	38 min
Oct 9, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas, Fulton	51 min
Oct 9, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	64 min
Oct 9, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield	52 min
Oct 9, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	49 min
Oct 9, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	47 min
Oct 9, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Forsyth, Hall	44 min
Oct 9, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Jackson, Madison	40 min
Oct 9, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jackson	45 min
Oct 9, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White	58 min
Oct 9, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe	60 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.