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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 18, 2015Jasper County, Newton County, Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 18, 2015, 2:55 PM EDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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: May 18, 2015, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2015, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Jasper County, GA, Newton County, GA, Putnam County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 91 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 133 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1120 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 40 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 May 18, 1:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 1:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 10:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1030 AM EDT MON MAY 18 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-191000-
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-
1030 AM EDT MON MAY 18 2015

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

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

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
THROUGH TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS...WITH ANY
STRONGER STORMS. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS
COULD BE STRONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A SLIGHTLY
DRIER AIRMASS MOVES IN ACROSS THE STATE WEDNESDAY BUT WILL KEEP
IN A SLIGHT CHANCE TO A CHANCE OF STORMS THROUGH SUNDAY AS WEAK
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 18, 12:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 1:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 2:01 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 2:28 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
228 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2015

GAZ059-071-072-181900-
JONES GA-JASPER GA-MONROE GA-
228 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS...PEA SIZED
HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN JONES...JASPER AND MONROE COUNTIES
UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

AT 226 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLOVILLA...OR 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF FORSYTH...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND
HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF JONES...JASPER AND
MONROE COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND GRAY...JULIETTE...JARRELL
PLANTATION...BERNER...ADGATEVILLE...DAMES
FERRY...WAYSIDE...BRADLEY...ROUND OAK...MCELHENEYS CROSSROADS...
HILLSBORO...PLANT SCHERER AND CLINTON.

DRIVERS SHOULD ALSO USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY.

LAT...LON 3304 8391 3320 8387 3319 8385 3318 8382
      3321 8383 3329 8383 3328 8354 3317 8355
      3318 8351 3299 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 273DEG 13KT 3314 8382

Special weather statement, May 18, 2:46 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
246 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2015

GAZ037-047>049-181915-
MORGAN GA-OCONEE GA-NEWTON GA-WALTON GA-
246 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS...DIME SIZED
HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN MORGAN...OCONEE... NEWTON AND
WALTON COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT...

AT 245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER JERSEY...OR NEAR MONROE...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND
HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
MORGAN...OCONEE...NEWTON AND WALTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS
AROUND MONROE...COVINGTON...MADISON...SOCIAL
CIRCLE...OXFORD...WALNUT GROVE...RUTLEDGE...NORTH HIGH
SHOALS...BOSTWICK...BETWEEN...GOOD HOPE...JERSEY...EBENEZER...HARD
LABOR CREEK STATE PARK...BRICK STORE...PANNELL AND HERNDONVILLE.

DRIVERS SHOULD ALSO USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY.

LAT...LON 3358 8386 3384 8385 3386 8345 3359 8343
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 266DEG 22KT 3371 8378

Special weather statement, May 18, 2:55 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
255 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2015

GAZ048-049-059-060-181930-
MORGAN GA-NEWTON GA-JASPER GA-PUTNAM GA-
255 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS...PEA SIZED
HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN MORGAN...NEWTON... JASPER AND
PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

AT 254 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONTICELLO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

40 MPH WIND GUSTS...PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY
RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF MORGAN...NEWTON...JASPER
AND PUTNAM COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
COVINGTON...EATONTON...MADISON...MONTICELLO...NEWBORN...MANSFIELD...
SHADY DALE...BUCKHEAD...CALVIN...WARFIELD...HARMONY...EUDORA...ROCK
EAGLE 4-H
CENTER...FARRAR...GODFREY...STARRSVILLE...WILLARD...AND NORTH ALCOVY.

DRIVERS SHOULD ALSO USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY.

LAT...LON 3328 8327 3326 8382 3358 8386 3359 8337
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 266DEG 22KT 3337 8373

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 12:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton	33 min
May 18, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Spalding	25 min
May 18, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale	29 min
May 18, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	32 min
May 18, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan, Walton	29 min
May 18, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	33 min
May 18, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan, Oconee	33 min
May 18, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	30 min
May 18, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb	24 min
May 18, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	22 min
May 18, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	37 min
May 18, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	46 min
May 18, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Gwinnett	32 min
May 18, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	36 min
May 18, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb	35 min
May 18, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	61 min
May 18, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	27 min
May 18, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin	41 min
May 18, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Henry, Rockdale	32 min
May 18, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	51 min
May 18, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lumpkin, Union, White	46 min
May 18, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Newton, Rockdale	33 min
May 18, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	29 min
May 18, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	24 min
May 18, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Towns, White	28 min
May 18, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	27 min
May 18, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry, Spalding	32 min

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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.