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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Dec 23, 2014, 1:46 PM EST for Catoosa County, Murray County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
- Dec 23, 2014, 1:46 PM EST (18:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2014, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Murray County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 430 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Dec 23, 1:29 PM EST, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 1:29 PM EST, 17 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 5:01 AM EST, 8 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 501 AM EST TUE DEC 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- 501 AM EST TUE DEC 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. A FEW MAY BECOME SEVERE MAINLY OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. A WARM FRONT SHOULD PUSH NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE DAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE IN THE WARMER AND MORE UNSTABLE AIR...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LAGRANGE TO MACON TO MILLEDGEVILLE LINE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY. RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES...AND HEAVY RAIN. THE BEST RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN GEORGIA WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND INTO EASTERN GEORGIA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. .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, Dec 23, 10:11 AM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1011 AM EST TUE DEC 23 2014
GAZ047-049-231545-
MORGAN GA-WALTON GA-
1011 AM EST TUE DEC 23 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN MORGAN AND
WALTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 AM EST...
AT 1010 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOCIAL CIRCLE...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF
MONROE...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
LARGE HAIL UP TO DIME AND NICKEL SIZE IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS
THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS MORGAN AND WALTON COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 AM
EST.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE
MONROE...SOCIAL CIRCLE...NORTH HIGH SHOALS...BETWEEN...GOOD HOPE...
JERSEY...NICHOLASVILLE...GRATIS...PANNELL...HERNDONVILLE...CAMPTON
AND EBENEZER.
LAT...LON 3391 8364 3389 8363 3388 8358 3385 8357
3381 8350 3359 8368 3363 8371 3364 8373
3365 8376 3369 8383 3390 8380 3391 8377
3389 8376 3390 8374 3390 8373 3392 8368
TIME...MOT...LOC 1510Z 201DEG 40KT 3369 8374Local storm report, Dec 23, 10:12 AM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1012 AM EST TUE DEC 23 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 AM HAIL COVINGTON 33.60N 83.86W
12/23/2014 E1.00 INCH NEWTON GA PUBLIC
SEVERAL EMPLOYEES OF HENDERSONS GROCERY AND SHELL
STATION NEAR HIGHWAY 36 REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC1400974
KOVACIKSpecial weather statement, Dec 23, 12:49 PM EST, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1249 PM EST TUE DEC 23 2014
GAZ011-019-231815-
CHATTOOGA GA-FLOYD GA-
1249 PM EST TUE DEC 23 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PENNY SIZED HAIL IN CHATTOOGA AND
FLOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM EST...
AT 1248 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN CHEROKEE COUNTY ALABAMA OVER GAYLESVILLE...OR
NEAR CEDAR BLUFF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PENNY SIZED SIZED HAIL AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES ACROSS CHATTOOGA AND
FLOYD COUNTIES THROUGH 115 PM EST.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
SUMMERVILLE...TRION...LYERLY...MENLO...BERRYTON...EVERETT SPRINGS...
SUBLIGNA...JAMES H. FLOYD STATE PARK...CHATTOOGAVILLE...TIDINGS AND
HOLLAND.
LAT...LON 3459 8539 3458 8535 3459 8535 3459 8516
3452 8509 3447 8509 3446 8511 3445 8511
3424 8545 3449 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 228DEG 46KT 3429 8560Special weather statement, Dec 23, 1:24 PM EST, 22 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 6:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 32 min |
| Dec 23, 6:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 33 min |
| Dec 23, 6:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon | 21 min |
| Dec 23, 6:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Peach | 34 min |
| Dec 23, 7:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 22 min |
| Dec 23, 7:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 28 min |
| Dec 23, 7:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 30 min |
| Dec 23, 7:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 12 min |
| Dec 23, 7:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley | 24 min |
| Dec 23, 7:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 31 min |
| Dec 23, 8:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 27 min |
| Dec 23, 8:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 42 min |
| Dec 23, 8:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 24 min |
| Dec 23, 9:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 27 min |
| Dec 23, 9:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 22 min |
| Dec 23, 9:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Newton | 36 min |
| Dec 23, 9:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Newton | 26 min |
| Dec 23, 10:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 34 min |
| Dec 23, 12:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 26 min |
| Dec 23, 12:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 31 min |
| Dec 23, 1:16 PM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 25 hr |
| Dec 23, 1:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 36 min |
| Dec 23, 1:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Fannin, Murray, Whitfield | 52 min |
| Dec 23, 2:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 23 min |
| Dec 23, 3:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 35 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.