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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 23, 2014Heard County, Troup County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Nov 23, 2014, 11:09 AM EST for Heard County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 21 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
Nov 23, 2014, 11:09 AM EST (16:09 UTC)
Expired
Nov 23, 2014, 11:30 AM EST
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Heard County, GA, Troup County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:12 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 2014-11-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
430 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
380 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 Nov 23, 10:30 AM EST, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 23, 10:30 AM EST, 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 23, 8:03 AM EST, 3 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
803 AM EST SUN NOV 23 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-241015-
BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-
CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DE KALB-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-
803 AM EST SUN NOV 23 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A WARM FRONT WILL PUSH NORTHWARD TODAY AS A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPS
IN THE NORTHWEST GULF. INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE OVER GEORGIA
TODAY AS THIS FRONT PUSHES INTO THE AREA. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE
MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE MOST
FAVORED AREA FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM LAGRANGE TO FORSYTH TO WARRENTON. DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. DUE TO THE
SATURATED GROUNDS...SOME MINOR FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DURING
THE DAY ON TODAY.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 23, 11:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Coweta, Fayette, Haralson, Heard28 min
Nov 23, 11:57 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Clayton, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Haralson33 min
Nov 23, 12:33 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton27 min
Nov 23, 2:51 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Gilmer54 min
Nov 23, 3:03 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCChattahoochee, Stewart27 min
Nov 23, 3:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee40 min
Nov 23, 3:32 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot28 min
Nov 23, 3:42 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley, Webster33 min
Nov 23, 3:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris32 min
Nov 23, 3:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Troup35 min
Nov 23, 4:01 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCTalbot, Upson29 min
Nov 23, 4:06 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Dooly, Macon, Peach, Schley, Sumter and 1 more39 min
Nov 23, 4:18 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Pike, Spalding, Upson27 min
Nov 23, 4:23 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCLamar, Pike, Upson22 min
Nov 23, 4:29 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCrawford, Lamar, Monroe, Upson31 min
Nov 23, 4:45 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCButts, Henry, Lamar, Spalding30 min
Nov 23, 4:51 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam39 min
Nov 23, 4:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Bleckley, Houston, Jones, Peach, Pulaski and 2 more31 min
Nov 23, 5:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Dodge, Hancock, Houston and 8 more52 min
Nov 23, 5:18 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCButts, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Walton27 min
Nov 23, 5:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Dodge, Emanuel, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson and 9 more37 min
Nov 23, 6:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Taliaferro, Warren and 2 more36 min
Nov 23, 6:46 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs29 min

Nearby

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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.