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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2015, 9:08 AM EDT for Towns County, Union County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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 30, 2015, 9:08 AM EDT (13:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2015, 9:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Towns County, GA, Union County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:10 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 713 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1029 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 30, 7:31 AM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 7:31 AM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 4:29 AM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 429 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-010830- 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- 429 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IS ALSO POSSIBLE. DISCUSSION... THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND AMPLE MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE CONDITIONS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...PARTICULARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG...DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IN STORMS. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THE UPPER TROUGH WILL HOLD OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE WEEK WITH SHORT WAVES MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW AND OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL KEEP THE RISK OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WITH THE BEST CHANCES THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE EACH DAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:57 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 757 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015 GAZ006-008-301230- UNION GA-FANNIN GA- 757 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 35 MPH WINDS IN UNION AND FANNIN COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM EDT... AT 757 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DUCKTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 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 UNION AND FANNIN COUNTIES THROUGH 830 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BLUE RIDGE...MORGANTON...LOVING...EPWORTH...COLWELL...MINERAL BLUFF...NOTTELY DAM...HIGDON...JONES MILL...IVY LOG...COHUTTA WILDERNESS...HEMP...CULBERSON AND COPPERHILL. LAT...LON 3499 8402 3488 8400 3487 8461 3499 8461 TIME...MOT...LOC 1157Z 260DEG 29KT 3497 8444
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 9:08 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
908 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
GAZ008-009-016-301345-
TOWNS GA-WHITE GA-UNION GA-
908 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN TOWNS...WHITE AND
UNION COUNTIES UNTIL 945 AM EDT...
AT 907 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BLAIRSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE
LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS TOWNS...WHITE AND UNION
COUNTIES THROUGH 945 AM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE
HIAWASSEE...BLAIRSVILLE...YOUNG HARRIS...HELEN...UNICOI STATE PARK...
BRASSTOWN BALD...PLUM ORCHARD GAP SHELTER...OWLTOWN...ANNA RUBY
FALLS...TRACK ROCK...VOGEL STATE PARK...MACEDONIA...MOUNTAIN SCENE...
BLUE MOUNTAIN SHELTER...LOW GAP SHELTER...TITUS...TATE CITY AND
BATESVILLE.
RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
LAT...LON 3495 8355 3494 8360 3492 8359 3491 8363
3490 8363 3488 8366 3482 8365 3480 8368
3476 8363 3473 8362 3469 8364 3479 8405
3494 8398 3499 8378 3499 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 1307Z 277DEG 25KT 3485 8392
DJNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 7:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 9:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 41 min |
| Jun 30, 10:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield | 38 min |
| Jun 30, 10:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Gilmer, Pickens | 50 min |
| Jun 30, 10:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 42 min |
| Jun 30, 10:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 24 min |
| Jun 30, 11:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 30 min |
| Jun 30, 11:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 11:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union, White | 36 min |
| Jun 30, 12:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 25 min |
| Jun 30, 12:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb | 31 min |
| Jun 30, 12:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Pickens | 26 min |
| Jun 30, 12:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 37 min |
| Jun 30, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley | 30 min |
| Jun 30, 12:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 12:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 40 min |
| Jun 30, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 36 min |
| Jun 30, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 31 min |
| Jun 30, 1:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 37 min |
| Jun 30, 1:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Peach | 26 min |
| Jun 30, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 23 min |
| Jun 30, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Union | 50 min |
| Jun 30, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 31 min |
| Jun 30, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 49 min |
| Jun 30, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 31 min |
| Jun 30, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Peach | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 31 min |
| Jun 30, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 29 min |
| Jun 30, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 36 min |
| Jun 30, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs | 47 min |
| Jun 30, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski | 39 min |
| Jun 30, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 30 min |
| Jun 30, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 26 min |
| Jun 30, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 32 min |
| Jun 30, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 35 min |
| Jun 30, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 47 min |
| Jun 30, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 34 min |
| Jun 30, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 35 min |
| Jun 30, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 29 min |
| Jun 30, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam | 47 min |
| Jun 30, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 27 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.