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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 19, 2015, 7:14 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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
- Apr 19, 2015, 7:14 PM EDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2015, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
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 Apr 19, 3:47 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 3:47 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 1:14 PM EDT, 6 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 114 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-201715- 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- 114 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON... WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. STORMS WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A FEW TORNADOES. THE MOST LIKELY TIMING IS BEFORE 8PM. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE EAST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO ATLANTA TO DAWSONVILLE TO GAINESVILLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING. IN ADDITION...A FEW RIVERS AND CREEKS MAY BEGIN TO FLOW OUT OF THEIR BANKS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND AGAIN SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED AND SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 19, 3:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Apr 19, 3:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
352 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 PM TSTM WND DMG BUMPHEAD 32.19N 84.20W
04/19/2015 SCHLEY GA 911 CALL CENTER
911 CENTER REPORTED SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR HWY 271 AND
19S.
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC1500219
JLFLocal storm report, Apr 19, 5:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
545 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0105 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE COCHRAN 32.37N 83.33W
04/19/2015 BLECKLEY GA 911 CALL CENTER
A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR ROUTE 257.
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC1500220
GEOSpecial weather statement, Apr 19, 7:14 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
714 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
GAZ002>004-192345-
CATOOSA GA-WHITFIELD GA-WALKER GA-
714 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN CATOOSA...WHITFIELD AND WALKER COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...
AT 713 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ROSSVILLE TO
NEAR LA FAYETTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS
CATOOSA...WHITFIELD AND WALKER COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
RINGGOLD...FORT OGLETHORPE...CHICKAMAUGA...VARNELL...LOOKOUT
MOUNTAIN...TUNNEL HILL...CHATTANOOGA VALLEY...LA FAYETTE...
LAKEVIEW...CHATTANOOGA VALLEY...GRAYSVILLE...BLUE SPRING...
BOYNTON...NOBLE...COOPER HEIGHTS...ROCKY FACE...BEAUMONT...ROCK
SPRING...INDIAN SPRINGS AND FAIRVIEW.
THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND. TREES MAY DOWN MORE EASILY WITH
ALREADY WET SOIL.
LAT...LON 3499 8496 3475 8504 3469 8547 3492 8541
3498 8536
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 245DEG 55KT 3500 8528 3472 8538The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 9:48 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 4 days |
| Apr 19, 8:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 9:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 10:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Paulding and 1 more | 52 min |
| Apr 19, 10:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 10:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 10:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 11:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Stewart, Sumter, Webster | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 11:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 11:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 11:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray and 3 more | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 11:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 25 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 12 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 11:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Pike, Spalding | 41 min |
| Apr 19, 12:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 12:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 12:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 12:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 1:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 57 min |
| Apr 19, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 22 min |
| Apr 19, 1:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, White | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 2:06 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 7 days |
| Apr 19, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 24 min |
| Apr 19, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Toombs | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 4:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Lamar, Spalding | 7 days |
| Apr 19, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens and 1 more | 41 min |
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