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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jan 4, 2015, 12:01 PM EST for Laurens 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
- Jan 4, 2015, 12:01 PM EST (17:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2015, 12:30 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Laurens County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jan 4, 10:02 AM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 10:02 AM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1002 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015 .UPDATE... LINE OF STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA THIS MORNING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THERE IS STILL SOME POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS...THE BUT THE CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE FFC CWFA SHOULD DECREASE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WILL GO AHEAD AND LEAVE THE FLOOD WATCH UP THROUGH 18Z. THERE ARE SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS CONTAINED IN THE WATCH AREA THAT ARE STILL RISING AND MAY APPROACH FLOOD STAGE BEFORE THE WATCH EXPIRES. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY DOESN'T SHOW MUCH CLEARING BEHIND THE FRONT...AND IN FACT THERE IS A GOOD DEAL OF COLD AIR STRATO CU BACK TO THE WEST...SO DONT EXPECT MUCH CLEARING DURING THE EVENING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 639 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015/ PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 318 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015/ .FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON NORTH GEORGIA... .STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON... SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH MONDAY/... FIRST WAVE OF CONVECTION AHEAD OF ADVANCING WARM FRONT PUSHED THROUGH LAST EVENING AND MUCH UNCERTAINTY WAS PRESENT ON HOW THIS WOULD AFFECT ADDITIONAL CONVECTION LATER THIS MORNING. BUT WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 60S SURGING NORTHWARD IN THE WAKE OF THE WARM FRONT...LOOKS LIKE THAT QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED AS RECENT RADAR TRENDS SHOW QUICKLY DEVELOPING CONVECTIVE LINE OVER EASTERN ALABAMA. SURFACE BASED CAPE OF 100 J/KG HAS SURGED ALL THE WAY INTO PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH METRO AND SHOULD CONTINUE ITS ADVANCEMENT NORTHWARD WHILE MUCAPE HAS MADE IT INTO TENNESSEE...SUPPORTIVE FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL AREAS OF GEORGIA THIS MORNING. AS WOULD BE EXPECTED...BEST 0-1KM SHEAR VALUES HAVE BEEN ALONG AND AHEAD OF WARM FRONT BUT CERTAINLY ENOUGH LEFTOVER IN DEVELOPING UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT TO RESULT IN A MARGINAL ENVIRONMENT FOR SEVERE STORMS FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING. 925MB WIND CORE OF CLOSE TO 50 KTS IS NOW MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE SOUTHERN END OF LINE WHICH IS OF CONCERN AS WELL BASED ON THE SETUP AND WOULD EXPECT FURTHER ENHANCEMENT OF LINE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS BUT ALSO THE ENHANCED THREAT OF A QUICK SPINUP. BEYOND THE INITIAL PUSH OF CONVECTION...SHOULD JUST SEE AN INCREASE IN WINDS THIS AFTERNOON IN POST FRONTAL ENVIRONMENT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KTS POSSIBLE. CLEARING SKIES BY TONIGHT AND A FAIR WX PATTERN ANTICIPATED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM. DEESE LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... EXTENDED STARTS DRY WITH HIGH PRESSURE SLIDING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY WITH LONGWAVE TROUGHINESS IN PLACE OVER THE EASTERN TWO- THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE SLIDES DOWN THE BACK EDGE OF THE TROUGH MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...BRINGING A STRONG BUT DRY COLD FRONT WITH IT AND USHERING IN A COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS JUST PAST MIDWEEK. DEEP LAYER CAA BUILDS IN BEHIND THE FRONT TUESDAY EVENING AND WE WILL START FEELING THE EFFECTS ON WEDNESDAY WITH DRASTICALLY COOLER TEMPERATURES THAT WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH 40 ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. EXPECT AN EXTREMELY COLD NIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY MORNING WITH LOWS IN THE TEENS NORTH /SINGLE DIGITS MOUNTAINS AND LOWER 20S SOUTH/...AND HIGHS THURSDAY REALLY SUPER COLD AND MAYBE NOT EVEN GETTING TO FREEZING FROM THE METRO AREA NORTH...AND REMAINING BELOW 40 JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE. ADD TO THIS SOME BLUSTERY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WITH STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT WE WILL NEED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY THURSDAY MORNING...AND CANNOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHERN COUNTIES. WILL SEE SOME INCREASE IN TEMPS FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND BUT STILL BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS. NEXT RAIN POTENTIAL COMES AT THE END OF THE EXTENDED WHEN OF COURSE CONFIDENCE IS LOWER DUE TO MODEL DIFFERENCES...BUT IN GENERAL BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF HAVE A SHORTWAVE PUSHING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH PRECIP PUSHING INTO THE SOUTHEAST LATE IN THE WEEKEND. POPS WERE KEPT AT SLIGHT CHANCES FOR NOW DUE TO UNCERTAINTY. WILL HAVE TO REFINE THIS OVER THE COMING DAYS TO FIGURE OUT TIMING OF INCOMING PRECIP VS OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES. TDP HYDROLOGY... WITH INITIAL CONVECTIVE WAVE LAST EVENING COMBINED WITH SOME TRAINING OF ECHOS THIS MORNING...RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED. HAVE GONE WITH A FLOOD WATCH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AND IN FACT HAVE ALREADY ISSUED SEVERAL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WITH ADDITIONAL ISSUANCES LIKELY. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES NOW ANTICIPATED. AVIATION... 12Z UPDATE... MAIN TSRA BAND HAS CLEARED THE ATL TERMINALS AND NOW PUSHING INTO AHN AND CSG WITH MCN NOT FAR BEHIND. HAS BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH 15G30KT ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS ACTIVITY AND CIGS ACTUALLY IMPROVING TO MVFR AND VFR FOR A BRIEF TIME PERIOD. THIS SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED...ESPECIALLY FOR THE ATL SITES AS IFR BUT MORE PREDOMINANTLY MVFR MOVES IN FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. HELD ONTO THE MVFR A LITTLE LONGER THAN GUIDANCE BASED ON UPSTREAM OBSERVATIONS. OTHERWISE...CLEARING SKIES FOR THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD WITH CONTINUED GUSTS INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. //ATL CONFIDENCE...12Z UPDATE... MEDIUM ON MVFR DURATION. HIGH ON REMAINING ELEMENTS. DEESE && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 67 34 52 32 / 100 0 0 0 ATLANTA 65 33 49 33 / 100 5 0 0 BLAIRSVILLE 59 30 45 26 / 100 5 5 0 CARTERSVILLE 61 30 46 27 / 90 10 0 0 COLUMBUS 69 37 56 34 / 100 5 0 0 GAINESVILLE 60 33 48 32 / 100 5 0 0 MACON 70 36 56 32 / 100 5 0 0 ROME 60 30 46 25 / 70 10 0 0 PEACHTREE CITY 67 30 50 27 / 100 5 0 0 VIDALIA 74 45 59 40 / 100 20 5 0 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BANKS...BARROW...BARTOW...CARROLL...CATOOSA... CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE...COBB...DADE...DAWSON...DEKALB...DOUGLAS... FANNIN...FLOYD...FORSYTH...GILMER...GORDON...GWINNETT...HALL... HARALSON...JACKSON...LUMPKIN...MURRAY...NORTH FULTON... PAULDING...PICKENS...POLK...SOUTH FULTON...TOWNS...UNION... WALKER...WHITE...WHITFIELD. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 4, 4:22 AM EST, 7 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 422 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-050930- 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- 422 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTHWEST GEORGIA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON... WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... STRONG TO POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED...AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED TORNADO. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF OF ADDITIONAL RAIN WITH STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...LEADING TO MINOR FLOODING. DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...A FEW OF THE STORMS ALONG THE SQUALL LINE THIS MORNING MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO THE MAIN CONCERNS. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD SHIFT TO CENTRAL GEORGIA BY MID MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE EXITING THE REGION BY LATE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... BY MIDWEEK...A VERY COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL PUSH INTO THE SOUTHEAST. BY THURSDAY MORNING...THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS MAY LEAD TO DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WITH AN ADVISORY POSSIBLE. .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, Jan 4, 7:31 AM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
731 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
GAZ069-079-080-041300-
TALBOT GA-UPSON GA-TAYLOR GA-
731 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS AND VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL IN TALBOT...UPSON AND TAYLOR COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM EST...
AT 731 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
WOODLAND TO NEAR TALBOTTON TO JUNCTION CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.
RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
ACROSS TALBOT...UPSON AND TAYLOR COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
THOMASTON...YATESVILLE...JUNCTION CITY...LINCOLN
PARK...PRATTSBURG... CARSONVILLE...BALDWINVILLE...PO BIDDY
CROSSROADS...WESLEY CHURCH... BIG LAZER CREEK WMA...REDBONE
CROSSROADS...SALEM AND LOGTOWN.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3256 8449 3276 8450 3298 8419 3289 8412
3282 8412 3280 8414 3280 8415 3274 8418
3267 8422
TIME...MOT...LOC 1231Z 237DEG 38KT 3276 8447 3269 8444 3259 8447Special weather statement, Jan 4, 8:18 AM EST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
818 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
GAZ071-072-081-082-041345-
CRAWFORD GA-JONES GA-MONROE GA-BIBB GA-
818 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 50 MPH WINDS IN CRAWFORD...
JONES...MONROE AND BIBB COUNTIES UNTIL 845 AM EST...
AT 817 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES SOUTH OF RUSSELLVILLE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS EXHIBITED AREAS OF
LOCALIZED...WEAK ROTATION...BUT NOTHING STRONG ENOUGH TO INDICATE
THE PRESENCE OF A TORNADO. STILL...THE ENVIRONMENT ALONG THIS LINE
SUGGESTS AN ENHANCED RISK OF A BRIEF...GENERALLY WEAK... TORNADO
FORMING. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AS THE LINE MOVES
ACROSS CRAWFORD...JONES...MONROE AND BIBB COUNTIES THROUGH 845 AM
EST.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
MACON...PAYNE...PAYNE CITY...RUSSELLVILLE...WESLEYAN...JARRELL
PLANTATION...LAKE TOBESOFKEE...ARKWRIGHT...BOLINGBROKE...LIZELLA...
PLANT SCHERER AND DAMES FERRY.
LAT...LON 3282 8402 3297 8399 3314 8371 3294 8360
3276 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 1317Z 243DEG 32KT 3287 8399Local storm report, Jan 4, 8:32 AM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
832 AM EST SUN JAN 04 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0745 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 SW ANDERSONVILLE 34.12N 84.50W
01/04/2015 CHEROKEE GA OTHER FEDERAL
THE STAGE HEIGHT ON A USGS GAGE ON THE LITTLE RIVER AT
WOODSTOCK REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF 11 FEET. THE CREEK IS
CONTINUING TO RISE. MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE
WOODLANDS AND FIELDS UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE
GAGE AT OLD GEORGIA HWY 5. A PUBLIC BOAT RAMP JUST
DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE IS UNDER WATER. LOW LYING AREAS
OF THE SOUTH CHEROKEE RECREATION PARK HAVE BEGUN TO
FLOOD.
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC1500004
KFRANTZLocal storm report, Jan 4, 9:22 AM EST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
922 AM EST SUN JAN 04 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 SW EMBRY HILLS 33.87N 84.27W
01/04/2015 DEKALB GA BROADCAST MEDIA
A REPORT OF AROUND TEN TREES DOWN NEAR APPLEWOOD COURT
AND BRAITHWOOD ROAD
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC1500005
NLISTSpecial weather statement, Jan 4, 11:07 AM EST, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1107 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
GAZ105>108-041630-
CRISP GA-WILCOX GA-DOOLY GA-PULASKI GA-
1107 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN CRISP...WILCOX...
DOOLY AND PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM EST...
AT 1106 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES NORTH OF CORDELE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS THIS STORM MOVES
ACROSS CRISP...WILCOX...DOOLY AND PULASKI COUNTIES THROUGH 1130 AM
EST.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE
CORDELE...PINEVIEW...TREMONT...FINLEYSON...POPE CITY...
TIPPETTVILLE...PLEASANT VIEW AND EAST CRISP.
LAT...LON 3194 8373 3202 8381 3221 8361 3214 8350
3203 8346
TIME...MOT...LOC 1606Z 242DEG 31KT 3201 8376Special weather statement, Jan 4, 12:01 PM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1201 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015 GAZ097-109-041730- DODGE GA-LAURENS GA- 1201 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN DODGE AND LAURENS COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM EST... AT 1200 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF EASTMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED WEAK ROTATION...BUT NOTHING STRONG ENOUGH TO INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF A TORNADO AT 1200 PM EST. STILL...THE ENVIRONMENT SUGGESTS AN ENHANCED RISK OF A BRIEF...GENERALLY WEAK... TORNADO FORMING. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AS THE LINE MOVES ACROSS DODGE AND LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 PM EST. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE EASTMAN...CADWELL...RENTZ...GRESSTON AND PLAINFIELD. LAT...LON 3220 8323 3228 8327 3249 8294 3228 8283 TIME...MOT...LOC 1700Z 244DEG 31KT 3226 8321
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 7:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 39 min |
| Jan 3, 7:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 21 min |
| Jan 3, 7:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Paulding | 37 min |
| Jan 3, 8:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Union | 26 min |
| Jan 3, 9:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 36 min |
| Jan 3, 9:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 49 min |
| Jan 3, 9:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 35 min |
| Jan 3, 10:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Polk | 22 min |
| Jan 3, 10:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Paulding | 34 min |
| Jan 3, 10:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 27 min |
| Jan 3, 10:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 25 min |
| Jan 4, 1:15 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 1:42 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 2:32 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 26 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 37 min |
| Jan 4, 3:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Paulding | 28 min |
| Jan 4, 3:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 22 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 30 min |
| Jan 4, 4:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Paulding | 34 min |
| Jan 4, 4:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 30 min |
| Jan 4, 5:04 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 5:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton | 35 min |
| Jan 4, 5:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Troup | 34 min |
| Jan 4, 5:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 23 min |
| Jan 4, 5:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 35 min |
| Jan 4, 5:53 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 10 hr |
| Jan 4, 5:53 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 46 hr |
| Jan 4, 6:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 30 min |
| Jan 4, 6:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Newton, Pike, Spalding | 35 min |
| Jan 4, 6:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 30 min |
| Jan 4, 6:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Spalding | 35 min |
| Jan 4, 6:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 33 min |
| Jan 4, 6:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Talbot | 31 min |
| Jan 4, 7:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 4 hr |
| Jan 4, 7:23 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 14 hr |
| Jan 4, 7:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 29 min |
| Jan 4, 8:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 27 min |
| Jan 4, 8:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Monroe | 24 min |
| Jan 4, 9:12 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 7 hr |
| Jan 4, 9:39 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 7 days |
| Jan 4, 10:34 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Haralson | 7 days |
| Jan 4, 10:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 7 days |
| Jan 4, 10:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 7 days |
| Jan 4, 11:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 23 min |
| Jan 4, 11:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski | 23 min |
| Jan 4, 12:02 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 12:31 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 7 days |
| Jan 4, 12:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 29 min |
| Jan 4, 12:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Laurens, Treutlen | 37 min |
| Jan 4, 12:52 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 7 days |
| Jan 4, 1:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 24 min |
| Jan 4, 1:38 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 19 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:39 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 10 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015
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.