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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 2, 2015Wilkes County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 2, 2015, 2:37 PM EDT for Wilkes County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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 2, 2015, 2:37 PM EDT (18:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2015, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Wilkes County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2015-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 84 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 2015-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
84 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 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 Jun 2, 1:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 1:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 2:24 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
224 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-030830-
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-
224 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2015

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

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

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROME TO
CARTERSVILLE TO GAINESVILLE...WHERE A HIGHER THREAT OF HAIL AND
BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL EXIST. ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20...
ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. THE
WINDS COULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO KNOCK DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
AROUND LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE
BRIEF MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS...ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS...AS WELL AS SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...MAINLY IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A FEW STORMS ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE
SEVERE AS THE UPPER LOW REMAINS IN THE AREA.

.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.

DJN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:37 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
Jun 1, 9:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson33 min
Jun 2, 1:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Forsyth53 min
Jun 2, 2:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Lumpkin43 min
Jun 2, 3:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Hall, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White49 min
Jun 2, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes34 min
Jun 2, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski33 min
Jun 2, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray31 min
Jun 2, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray29 min
Jun 2, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray38 min
Jun 2, 5:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMurray3 hr
Jun 2, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield33 min
Jun 2, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson35 min
Jun 2, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson28 min
Jun 2, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd32 min
Jun 2, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee30 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2015Every 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.