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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 27, 2015Johnson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 27, 2015, 7:44 PM EDT for Johnson County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 27, 2015, 7:44 PM EDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2015, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Johnson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 2015-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 242 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 2015-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
242 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
647 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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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 27, 7:35 PM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 7:35 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 6:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-280915-
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-
600 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY IN THE STRONGER STORMS.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

DISCUSSION...

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS EVENING AND INTO
CENTRAL GEORGIA BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO OCCUR ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. MAXIMUM
INSTABILITIES EARLY THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE STORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN MAINLY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS THE
STATE REMAINS IN A VERY ACTIVE PATTERN THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY
IN THE FORECAST ON TIMING AND LOCATIONS OF GREATER CHANCES. STAY
TUNED TO FUTURE UPDATES.

.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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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 27, 7:26 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:28 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 27, 7:35 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:44 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 26, 8:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee24 min
Jun 26, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth39 min
Jun 26, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton36 min
Jun 26, 9:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Jackson29 min
Jun 26, 9:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth39 min
Jun 27, 12:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp26 min
Jun 27, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Fayette36 min
Jun 27, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair23 min
Jun 27, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry35 min
Jun 27, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair27 min
Jun 27, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison23 min
Jun 27, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes26 min
Jun 27, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta31 min
Jun 27, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock25 min
Jun 27, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam21 min
Jun 27, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes16 min
Jun 27, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes32 min
Jun 27, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren29 min
Jun 27, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro10 min
Jun 27, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard, Troup44 min
Jun 27, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson23 min
Jun 27, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson33 min
Jun 27, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot24 min
Jun 27, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Meriwether, Troup34 min
Jun 27, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson, Washington31 min
Jun 27, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts36 min
Jun 27, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe32 min
Jun 27, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson24 min
Jun 27, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton32 min
Jun 27, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson25 min
Jun 27, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones36 min
Jun 27, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Upson47 min
Jun 27, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Peach, Twiggs53 min
Jun 27, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin36 min
Jun 27, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford17 min
Jun 27, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Bleckley, Houston, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson34 min
Jun 27, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Washington32 min
Jun 27, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach30 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.