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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 26, 2015Upson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2015, 1:00 PM EDT for Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 26, 2015, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2015, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Upson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 2015-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 485 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
485 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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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 26, 9:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 9:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 10:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1034 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-271445-
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-
1034 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY
RAIN...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING.

DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH AMPLE MOISTURE AND
DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE
BEST CHANCES WILL BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO MACON TO
AUGUSTA...AND GENERALLY BETWEEN 3 AND 10 PM. THIS ACTIVITY WILL
DIMINISH INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE
PRIMARY THREATS WITH ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.

.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, May 26, 1:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding29 min
May 25, 8:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry, Rockdale30 min
May 25, 8:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett34 min
May 25, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Walton30 min
May 25, 9:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Barrow, Hall, Jackson31 min
May 26, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll33 min
May 26, 1:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar29 min
May 26, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson23 min
May 26, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow26 min
May 26, 2:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Douglas, Heard6 hr
May 26, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Paulding29 min
May 26, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard38 min
May 26, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts36 min
May 26, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens33 min
May 26, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster32 min
May 26, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson30 min
May 26, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll27 min
May 26, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding26 min
May 26, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee24 min
May 26, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee30 min
May 26, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Pickens29 min
May 26, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas26 min
May 26, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMuscogee24 min
May 26, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris37 min
May 26, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris46 min
May 26, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether23 min
May 26, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike35 min
May 26, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Lumpkin31 min
May 26, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth25 min
May 26, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fayette, Henry, Pike, Spalding29 min
May 26, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and 2 more50 min
May 26, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford, Houston, Monroe, Peach43 min
May 26, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Newton, Rockdale, Spalding51 min
May 26, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth31 min
May 26, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall, White33 min
May 26, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Jasper, Jones, Putnam30 min
May 26, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Morgan, Newton and 4 more45 min
May 26, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam50 min
May 26, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Twiggs26 min
May 26, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite24 min
May 26, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones33 min
May 26, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin24 min
May 26, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair35 min
May 26, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Barrow, Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Madison and 3 more45 min
May 26, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Hancock36 min
May 26, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson26 min
May 26, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens23 min
May 26, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens33 min
May 26, 7:27 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth10 hr
May 26, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Wheeler33 min
May 26, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson33 min
May 26, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Treutlen37 min

Nearby

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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.