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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2015, 3:09 PM EDT for Pike County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 31, 2015, 3:09 PM EDT (19:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2015, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Pike County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 518 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 31, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1139 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-011015- 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- 1139 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... DAMAGING WINDS... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME LARGE HAIL. DISCUSSION... INCREASING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS COULD DEVELOP JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE TODAY... THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM AMERICUS... TO FORSYTH...TO WASHINGTON... AND MAINLY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2 PM AND MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STALLS ACROSS THE REGION. THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SEVERE STORMS ON MONDAY... AND POSSIBLY AGAIN ON TUESDAY... ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .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.
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Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 31, 12:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 30 min |
| May 31, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 31 min |
| May 31, 12:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 40 min |
| May 31, 12:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 22 min |
| May 31, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 51 min |
| May 31, 1:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 28 min |
| May 31, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 37 min |
| May 31, 1:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 40 min |
| May 31, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall | 41 min |
| May 31, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 35 min |
| May 31, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 34 min |
| May 31, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett | 41 min |
| May 31, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 39 min |
| May 31, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 51 min |
| May 31, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale | 39 min |
| May 31, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens | 45 min |
| May 31, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 34 min |
| May 31, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 52 min |
| May 31, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 44 min |
| May 31, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 32 min |
| May 31, 4:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 7 days |
| May 31, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 38 min |
| May 31, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 46 min |
| May 31, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 43 min |
| May 31, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 26 min |
| May 31, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 34 min |
| May 31, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 27 min |
| May 31, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 29 min |
| May 31, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 39 min |
| May 31, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 51 min |
| May 31, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 43 min |
| May 31, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Taylor, Upson | 40 min |
| May 31, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 38 min |
| May 31, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 33 min |
| May 31, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Polk | 34 min |
| May 31, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 26 min |
| May 31, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 38 min |
| May 31, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Talbot | 51 min |
| May 31, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Macon, Peach, Taylor | 47 min |
| May 31, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 43 min |
| May 31, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 45 min |
| May 31, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 45 min |
| May 31, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 44 min |
| May 31, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 25 min |
| May 31, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 35 min |
| May 31, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 43 min |
| May 31, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 54 min |
| May 31, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 33 min |
| May 31, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 42 min |
| May 31, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Spalding | 26 min |
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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.