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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 18, 2015Troup County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 18, 2015, 2:50 PM EDT for Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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 18, 2015, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2015, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Troup County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 2015-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1028 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 2015-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1028 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 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 18, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 12:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1200 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-191000-
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-
1200 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

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

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

...HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...

DISCUSSION...

ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL OCCUR ONCE
AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105-109 ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST GEORGIA AND A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT FOR THAT AREA. PLEASE SEE THE HEAT ADVISORY /ATLNPWFFC/ FOR
MORE DETAILS. EVEN FOR THOSE NOT IN THE HEAT ADVISORY...IT WILL
STILL BE HOT AND ANYONE SPENDING TIME OUTSIDE SHOULD FOLLOW HEAT
SAFETY RULES.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. A FEW OF THESE COULD BE
STRONG TO SEVERE WITH GUSTY WINDS. LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WILL BE
ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. IT
APPEARS HEAT INDICES WILL REMAIN BELOW 105 FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
AFTER THIS THOUGH...ANOTHER UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE REGION AND
TEMPERATURES WARM A FEW DEGREES AGAIN NEXT WEEK. HEAT INDICES MAY
REACH OR EXCEED 105 ONCE AGAIN BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
SUBMIT REPORTS OF STRONG OR SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING
TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 9:12 AM EDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:20 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
220 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

GAZ012-019-020-030-031-181845-
GORDON GA-PAULDING GA-BARTOW GA-POLK GA-FLOYD GA-
220 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 35 MPH WINDS
IN GORDON...PAULDING...BARTOW...POLK AND FLOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM
EDT...

AT 220 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
ADAIRSVILLE TO 6 MILES WEST OF KINGSTON TO NEAR ARAGON...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED SIZED HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS THEY
MOVE ACROSS GORDON...PAULDING...BARTOW...POLK AND FLOYD COUNTIES
THROUGH 245 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 3422 8510 3444 8491 3449 8466 3446 8465
      3444 8466 3441 8465 3440 8465 3426 8474
      3404 8476 3405 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 262DEG 12KT 3438 8487 3424 8506 3412 8509
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:33 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
233 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

GAZ025-034-035-037-047-181915-
OCONEE GA-GWINNETT GA-BARROW GA-JACKSON GA-WALTON GA-
233 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN OCONEE...GWINNETT...BARROW...JACKSON AND WALTON COUNTIES UNTIL 315
PM EDT...

AT 232 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN GWINNETT...NORTHEAST
WALTON AND BARROW COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED SIZED HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY
MOVE ACROSS OCONEE...GWINNETT...BARROW...JACKSON AND WALTON COUNTIES
THROUGH 315 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 3389 8348 3380 8363 3393 8393 3416 8377
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 235DEG 7KT 3392 8385
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:43 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
243 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

GAZ038-039-181930-
OGLETHORPE GA-WILKES GA-
243 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN OGLETHORPE AND WILKES COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

AT 242 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CARLTON...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED SIZED HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT
MOVES ACROSS OGLETHORPE AND WILKES COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
TIGNALL...NANCY HART STATE PARK...VESTA...POINT PETER...
MALLORYSVILLE...JACKSONS CROSSROADS...NORMAN AND WATSON MILL BRIDGE
STATE PARK.

LAT...LON 3380 8271 3389 8310 3403 8308 3402 8305
      3403 8303 3403 8300 3404 8298 3403 8294
      3402 8294 3401 8293 3401 8291 3398 8285
      3399 8284 3399 8268
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 278DEG 13KT 3397 8300
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:50 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
250 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

GAZ052-066-181930-
HEARD GA-TROUP GA-
250 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 35 MPH WINDS
IN HEARD AND TROUP COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VEASEY CREEK PARK...OR 7 MILES EAST OF
STROUD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED SIZED HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS IT
MOVES ACROSS HEARD AND TROUP COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 3326 8516 3311 8497 3296 8520 3316 8524
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 224DEG 11KT 3304 8520

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor30 min
Jun 17, 8:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon36 min
Jun 17, 9:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster52 min
Jun 17, 10:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart35 min
Jun 18, 3:25 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Clarke and 43 more17 hr
Jun 18, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow25 min
Jun 18, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow42 min
Jun 18, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe47 min
Jun 18, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock47 min
Jun 18, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett45 min
Jun 18, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson, Paulding50 min
Jun 18, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Jackson, Madison38 min
Jun 18, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb51 min
Jun 18, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock33 min
Jun 18, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup25 min
Jun 18, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding35 min
Jun 18, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin50 min
Jun 18, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll42 min
Jun 18, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon24 min
Jun 18, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington33 min
Jun 18, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth30 min
Jun 18, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock36 min
Jun 18, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk31 min
Jun 18, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth29 min
Jun 18, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin26 min
Jun 18, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta33 min
Jun 18, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta25 min
Jun 18, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker37 min
Jun 18, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry35 min
Jun 18, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton49 min
Jun 18, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Gwinnett21 min
Jun 18, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker, Whitfield28 min
Jun 18, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett33 min
Jun 18, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Lumpkin32 min
Jun 18, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Taliaferro28 min
Jun 18, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan34 min
Jun 18, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson, Polk32 min
Jun 18, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fayette25 min
Jun 18, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry20 min
Jun 18, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale45 min
Jun 18, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris27 min
Jun 18, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Rockdale22 min
Jun 18, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns25 min
Jun 18, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar35 min
Jun 18, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale, Walton32 min
Jun 18, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Morgan, Newton39 min
Jun 18, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Taylor, Upson33 min
Jun 18, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns28 min
Jun 18, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee22 min
Jun 18, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart33 min
Jun 18, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Walton26 min
Jun 18, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart26 min
Jun 18, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee24 min
Jun 18, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs26 min
Jun 18, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Twiggs24 min
Jun 18, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Monroe, Peach35 min
Jun 18, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs31 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.