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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 9, 2015Gordon County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 9, 2015, 3:18 AM EDT for Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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 9, 2015, 3:18 AM EDT (07:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2015, 4:00 AM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Gordon County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:22 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.

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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: 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

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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 9, 1:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 1:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 12:53 AM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1253 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-101100-
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-
1253 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY
NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA EARLY THIS MORNING...

...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

DISCUSSION...
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NORTH GEORGIA SOMETIME LATE THIS
MORNING... THEN SAG INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT... MAINLY ACROSS NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL
GEORGIA THIS MORNING... THEN THE BETTER CHANCES WILL BE ACROSS
CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME... A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG... EITHER
ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING... OR ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL
GEORGIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THEN
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE STATE AND HELP HOLD CONVECTION TO
MAINLY ISOLATED IN COVERAGE OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO MONDAY. AN
ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT DURING MAX
DAYTIME HEATING EACH DAY... WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING DAMAGING
WIND...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:42 PM EDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 10:43 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:29 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:34 AM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:04 AM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:18 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
318 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

GAZ002-004-005-011-012-019-090800-
MURRAY GA-GORDON GA-WHITFIELD GA-CHATTOOGA GA-WALKER GA-FLOYD GA-
318 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN MURRAY...
GORDON...WHITFIELD...CHATTOOGA...WALKER AND FLOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 400
AM EDT...

AT 315 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NORTHWEST OF RESACA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH
AS IT MOVES ACROSS PARTS OF MURRAY...GORDON...WHITFIELD...
CHATTOOGA...WALKER AND FLOYD COUNTIES THROUGH 400 AM EDT.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE DALTON...CALHOUN...
RESACA...NICKELSVILLE...LAKE MARVIN...SUGAR VALLEY...SUBLIGNA...
TILTON...SUTTLES MILL...VILLANOW...OOSTANAULA AND EVERETT SPRINGS.

THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.

LAT...LON 3457 8530 3473 8512 3470 8474 3443 8495
TIME...MOT...LOC 0715Z 286DEG 20KT 3466 8510

The office that day

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 8, 9:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	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, 3:42 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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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.