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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 1, 2015Barrow County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2015, 3:50 PM EDT for Barrow County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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: Jun 1, 2015, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2015, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Barrow County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 109 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: 117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 Jun 1, 3:16 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:16 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 1:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
114 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-021100-
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 MON JUN 1 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 SMALL TO LARGE HAIL.

DISCUSSION...
INCREASING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TODAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
TODAY...AND MAINLY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2 PM AND 11 PM.

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

ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AS THE SAME AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO EASTERN TENNESSEE.
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...MAINLY IN
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.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, Jun 1, 1:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
143 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015

GAZ061-011815-
HANCOCK GA-
143 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN HANCOCK COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM EDT...

AT 142 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SPARTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH
THIS STORM AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS HANCOCK COUNTY THROUGH 215 PM
EDT.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE
SPARTA...SPRINGFIELD...CULVERTON...POWELTON...SHOULDERBONE AND
MAYFIELD.

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

LAT...LON 3323 8279 3317 8303 3333 8312 3344 8291
      3344 8287 3343 8285 3343 8283 3339 8283
      3337 8282 3336 8280 3332 8280 3331 8278
      3324 8278
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 244DEG 14KT 3329 8299

DJN

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
217 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015

GAZ080-011845-
TAYLOR GA-
217 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN TAYLOR COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM EDT...

AT 216 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BUTLER...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH
THIS STORM AS IT MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM
EDT.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE
WESLEY CHURCH AND FICKLING MILL.

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

LAT...LON 3258 8435 3267 8436 3271 8422 3268 8420
      3268 8416 3258 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 251DEG 5KT 3264 8428

DJN

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 2:57 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:45 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:50 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 31, 8:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Spalding	25 min
May 31, 8:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Hancock	49 min
May 31, 8:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	62 min
May 31, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade, Walker	42 min
May 31, 9:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	59 min
Jun 1, 1:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock	32 min
Jun 1, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	28 min
Jun 1, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock	46 min
Jun 1, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	30 min
Jun 1, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	32 min
Jun 1, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	29 min
Jun 1, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	26 min
Jun 1, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Madison	36 min
Jun 1, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	32 min
Jun 1, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	25 min
Jun 1, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	32 min
Jun 1, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	28 min
Jun 1, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Warren	26 min
Jun 1, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	30 min
Jun 1, 7:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	26 min
Jun 1, 7:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	34 min
Jun 1, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer	30 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.