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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2015, 9:42 PM EDT for White County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 8, 2015, 9:42 PM EDT (01:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2015, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County White County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 506 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1504 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 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 Jun 8, 9:11 PM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 9:11 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 345 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-091945- 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- 345 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... ...A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT... WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... MOST STORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY WILL PRODUCE BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ANY ISOLATED SEVERE STORM THAT DEVELOPS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH... HAIL UP TO 1 INCH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THIS THREAT IS MAINLY ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS EVENING AND LATE TONIGHT. DISCUSSION... A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE TO SPARK SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA INTO TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA... MAINLY BETWEEN 5 PM THIS EVENING AND 3 AM TONIGHT... AND MOSTLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A BUCHANAN TO GAINESVILLE LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THEN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA... AND SHOULD HOLD CONVECTION TO MOSTLY ISOLATED IN COVERAGE OVER THE WEEKEND... EXCEPT POSSIBLY IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED... AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT DURING MAX HEATING EACH DAY... WITH THE THREATS BEING DAMAGING WIND...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 30 min |
| Jun 8, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Union | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Morgan | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union, White | 33 min |
| Jun 9, 1:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 2:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 3:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 26 min |
| Jun 9, 3:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 3:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 3:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 22 min |
| Jun 9, 4:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 4:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union, White | 63 min |
| Jun 9, 4:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 4:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Pickens | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 4:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 5:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall, White | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 5:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 6:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 56 min |
| Jun 9, 6:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 6:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 6:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 6:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 7:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oglethorpe | 64 min |
| Jun 9, 7:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 7:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee, Walton | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 7:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 7:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Union | 33 min |
| Jun 9, 9:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Stewart, Webster | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Putnam | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Pike, Upson | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Rockdale | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren | 23 min |
| Jun 9, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee, Oglethorpe | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry, Rockdale | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 24 min |
| Jun 9, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 33 min |
| Jun 9, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 23 min |
| Jun 9, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Walton | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette, Henry | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Taliaferro | 59 min |
| Jun 9, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 23 min |
| Jun 9, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 33 min |
| Jun 9, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 24 min |
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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.