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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 22, 2015Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 22, 2015, 11:21 PM EDT for Washington 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 22, 2015, 11:21 PM EDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2015, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Washington County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 308 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2015-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3314 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2015-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
3314 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1270 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 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 22, 9:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 9:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 10:50 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 6:28 PM EDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
628 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SSW GILLIS SPRINGS    32.44N  82.50W
06/22/2015                   TREUTLEN           GA   NWS OFFICE

            RECEIVED REPORT FROM NWS CHARLESTON STATING THAT MEMBER
            OF PUBLIC REPORTED MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AT EXIT 78 NEAR
            THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 16W AND HIGHWAY 221.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1500393

KOVACIK
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
632 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2015

GAZ085-097-222300-
JOHNSON GA-LAURENS GA-
632 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN JOHNSON AND LAURENS COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST DUBLIN...OR OVER DUBLIN. THIS STORM WAS
NEARLY STATIONARY.

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 JOHNSON AND LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
DUBLIN...EAST DUBLIN...LOVETT...BREWTON...SPANN AND MINTER.

LAT...LON 3247 8297 3265 8294 3271 8262 3240 8273
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 270DEG 3KT 3257 8287
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
705 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2015

GAZ106-222330-
CRISP GA-
705 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN CRISP COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

AT 705 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CORDELE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED SIZED HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT
MOVES ACROSS CRISP COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM EDT.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
CORDELE...ARABI...TREMONT...GEORGIA VETERANS MEMORIAL ST PK...
WENONA...EAST CRISP AND RAINES.

LAT...LON 3193 8393 3195 8393 3199 8395 3200 8395
      3203 8392 3202 8361 3196 8361 3180 8374
      3181 8377
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 304DEG 10KT 3201 8385
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
740 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2015

GAZ106-230015-
CRISP GA-
740 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN CRISP COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CORDELE...MOVING EAST 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 CRISP COUNTY THROUGH 815 PM EDT.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
CORDELE...ARABI...HATLEY...TREMONT...WENONA AND EAST CRISP.

LAT...LON 3189 8385 3203 8381 3203 8361 3180 8361
      3180 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 284DEG 8KT 3197 8375
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 10:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 11:21 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 22, 10:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson27 min
Jun 23, 12:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley47 min
Jun 23, 1:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley, Sumter38 min
Jun 23, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs37 min
Jun 23, 1:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson36 min
Jun 23, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Warren35 min
Jun 23, 1:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones37 min
Jun 23, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock35 min
Jun 23, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter49 min
Jun 23, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Houston, Twiggs36 min
Jun 23, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson33 min
Jun 23, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones29 min
Jun 23, 2:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock43 min
Jun 23, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock42 min
Jun 23, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly26 min
Jun 23, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly24 min
Jun 23, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington37 min
Jun 23, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock33 min
Jun 23, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski31 min
Jun 23, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter29 min
Jun 23, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley25 min
Jun 23, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson24 min
Jun 23, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Pulaski46 min
Jun 23, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp29 min
Jun 23, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Wilkinson42 min
Jun 23, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox28 min
Jun 23, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson34 min
Jun 23, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPulaski, Wilcox34 min
Jun 23, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson24 min
Jun 23, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin38 min
Jun 23, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson37 min
Jun 23, 3:32 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Clarke, Crawford and 45 more28 hr
Jun 23, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens26 min
Jun 23, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson31 min
Jun 23, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen30 min
Jun 23, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington27 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.