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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 27, 2015Troup County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 27, 2015, 10:13 PM EDT for Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 27, 2015, 10:13 PM EDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2015, 10:45 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Troup County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 57 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: 886 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1204 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 30 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 27, 9:50 PM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 9:50 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 5:39 PM EDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
539 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-282145-
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-
539 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

ISOLATED STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...ALONG WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY.
GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS 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 27, 7:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
721 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2015

GAZ096-107-280000-
BLECKLEY GA-PULASKI GA-
721 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN BLECKLEY AND
PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 720 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HAWKINSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS
THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS WEST BLECKLEY AND EAST PULASKI COUNTIES
THROUGH 800 PM EDT.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE
COCHRAN...HAWKINSVILLE...PAULK...HARTFORD...PULASKI STATE PRISON...
OCMULGEE PUBLIC FISHING AREA...BAILEYS PARK...MOBLEY CROSSING AND
PORTER.

LAT...LON 3238 8354 3240 8352 3239 8350 3241 8348
      3242 8348 3243 8334 3227 8335 3218 8335
      3217 8347
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 169DEG 10KT 3225 8341

Special weather statement, May 27, 7:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 27, 7:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 27, 8:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 27, 8:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 27, 10:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 8:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock	25 min
May 27, 8:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	37 min
May 27, 10:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	25 min
May 27, 11:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	30 min
May 27, 11:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Fayette	29 min
May 28, 1:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Rockdale	25 min
May 28, 1:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett, Rockdale	27 min
May 28, 1:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Morgan, Newton, Walton	32 min
May 28, 12:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	50 min
May 28, 1:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	31 min
May 28, 1:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke	65 min
May 28, 2:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	57 min
May 28, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	28 min
May 28, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	23 min
May 28, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	53 min
May 28, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	65 min
May 28, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	59 min
May 28, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Hall	54 min
May 28, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	63 min
May 28, 4:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Coweta, Meriwether	6 hr
May 28, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	55 min
May 28, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	34 min
May 28, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd, Gordon	19 min
May 28, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Whitfield	33 min
May 28, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	41 min
May 28, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	61 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2015 Every 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.