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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Oct 9, 2014, 6:15 PM EDT for Jackson County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2014, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Jackson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 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
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 Oct 9, 3:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 3:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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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.
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Special weather statement, Oct 9, 4:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 615 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014 GAZ025-035-092300- 615 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN BARROW AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 614 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HOSCHTON...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 BARROW AND JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE HOSCHTON...BRASELTON...ARCADE... JEFFERSON...CENTER...NICHOLSON...APPLE VALLEY AND PEACH STATE SPEEDWAY. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3423 8349 3404 8339 3396 8368 3412 8378 TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 253DEG 12KT 3406 8369
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, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 50 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, 6:32 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.