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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 31, 2015Schley County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2015, 2:50 PM EDT for Schley County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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
Mar 31, 2015, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2015, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Schley County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 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 137 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 2015-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 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 Mar 31, 2:49 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 2:49 PM EDT, 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 11:19 AM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1119 AM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-011530-
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-
1119 AM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015

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

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

..ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS... LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL INTERACT WITH A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY
AND INCREASING INSTABILITY DURING AFTERNOON HEATING TO PRODUCE
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...
MAINLY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM... AND GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A
SUMMERVILLE TO STONE MOUNTAIN TO SWAINSBORO LINE... WHICH INCLUDES
THE ATLANTA METRO AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES COMBINED WITH MARGINAL INSTABILITY
DURING DAYTIME HEATING WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS
THAT DEVELOP.

.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, Mar 31, 2:47 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
247 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015

GAZ078-079-311915-
HARRIS GA-TALBOT GA-
247 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PENNY SIZED HAIL IN HARRIS AND
TALBOT COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT...

AT 246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF PINE MOUNTAIN...OR 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HAMILTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS THIS STORM MOVES
ACROSS HARRIS AND TALBOT COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE
HAMILTON...TALBOTTON...MANCHESTER...PINE MOUNTAIN...WAVERLY HALL...
WOODLAND...PINE MOUNTAIN-CALLAWAY GARDENS...JONES CROSSROADS...
PLEASANT HILL...BAUGHVILLE...OLIVE BRANCH...PINE MOUNTAIN VALLEY...
F.D. ROOSEVELT STATE PARK...WHITESVILLE-PINE LAKE AND FLINT HILL.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3287 8511 3287 8475 3284 8470 3285 8458
      3282 8444 3259 8460 3281 8514
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 290DEG 32KT 3287 8500
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 2:50 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
250 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015

GAZ092-104-105-311915-
SUMTER GA-SCHLEY GA-DOOLY GA-
250 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PENNY SIZED HAIL IN SUMTER...
SCHLEY AND DOOLY COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT...

AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELLAVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS THIS STORM MOVES
ACROSS SUMTER...SCHLEY AND DOOLY COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE
AMERICUS...ELLAVILLE...ANDERSONVILLE...NEW ERA...METHVINS...
BUMPHEAD...DRAYTON...FLINT RIVER WMA...PENNINGTON AND LA CROSSE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3214 8440 3229 8434 3225 8422 3223 8422
      3223 8414 3219 8413 3219 8409 3218 8407
      3218 8405 3217 8403 3218 8403 3219 8402
      3216 8390 3199 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 290DEG 32KT 3220 8426

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Talbot28 min
Mar 31, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup21 min
Mar 31, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly48 min
Mar 31, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup45 min
Mar 31, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp37 min
Mar 31, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot30 min
Mar 31, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot28 min
Mar 31, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Talbot, Taylor, Upson33 min
Mar 31, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Coweta31 min
Mar 31, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Coweta30 min
Mar 31, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Heard42 min
Mar 31, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Jasper32 min
Mar 31, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Spalding51 min
Mar 31, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Treutlen36 min
Mar 31, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette30 min
Mar 31, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones24 min
Mar 31, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Troup47 min
Mar 31, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding42 min
Mar 31, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson33 min
Mar 31, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Upson40 min
Mar 31, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Monroe25 min
Mar 31, 7:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Monroe, Pike, Upson39 min
Mar 31, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Union34 min

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.