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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 21, 2015Towns County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2015, 9:21 PM EDT for Towns County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 21, 2015, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2015, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Towns County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 182 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: 1904 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1434 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 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.

147 
WWUS82 KFFC 220121
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
921 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015
 
GAZ008-009-220145-
TOWNS GA-UNION GA-
921 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN TOWNS AND UNION
COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM EDT...

AT 921 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER YOUNG HARRIS...OR NEAR HIAWASSEE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND 
LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS TOWNS AND 
UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
HIAWASSEE...YOUNG HARRIS...BLUE MOUNTAIN SHELTER...BRASSTOWN BALD...
MACEDONIA AND MOUNTAIN SCENE.

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

LAT...LON 3493 8363 3479 8378 3479 8380 3491 8391
      3497 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 310DEG 17KT 3492 8386 

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Union	25 min
Jun 22, 12:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Hancock, Washington	40 min
Jun 22, 2:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	37 min
Jun 22, 2:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston	34 min
Jun 22, 3:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston	36 min
Jun 22, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	27 min
Jun 22, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	32 min
Jun 22, 2:49 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge and 36 more	29 hr
Jun 22, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	27 min
Jun 22, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	31 min
Jun 22, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	27 min
Jun 22, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	25 min
Jun 22, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	44 min
Jun 22, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	36 min
Jun 22, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	31 min
Jun 22, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	30 min
Jun 22, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	27 min
Jun 22, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	33 min
Jun 22, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	31 min
Jun 22, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Wheeler	28 min
Jun 22, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Treutlen	38 min
Jun 22, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	34 min
Jun 22, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens, Wheeler	39 min
Jun 22, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery	36 min
Jun 22, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	36 min
Jun 22, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	36 min
Jun 22, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wheeler	35 min
Jun 22, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Washington	38 min
Jun 22, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	28 min
Jun 22, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson, Washington	40 min
Jun 22, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	25 min
Jun 22, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens	35 min
Jun 22, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	35 min
Jun 22, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Washington	9 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.