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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 1, 2015Haralson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2015, 3:21 PM EDT for Haralson County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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
Jul 1, 2015, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2015, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Haralson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2015-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 124 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 2015-07-01The 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
124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
722 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

777 
WWUS82 KFFC 011921
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
321 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015
 
GAZ031-041-042-012000-
PAULDING GA-CARROLL GA-HARALSON GA-
321 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PAULDING...CARROLL AND HARALSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

AT 320 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED OVER BUCHANAN...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT 
           LIGHTNING. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT 
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF 
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD 
           NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. 

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
BUCHANAN...BREMEN...TEMPLE...TALLAPOOSA...WACO...FELTON...DRAKETOWN
AND EUBANK LAKE.

LAT...LON 3390 8527 3390 8522 3391 8521 3391 8505
      3393 8505 3393 8500 3381 8495 3365 8500
      3369 8535 3389 8539
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 264DEG 30KT 3380 8520 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade28 min
Jul 1, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll26 min
Jul 1, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard35 min
Jul 1, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk36 min
Jul 1, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker32 min
Jul 1, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta31 min
Jul 1, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette32 min
Jul 1, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike27 min
Jul 1, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb23 min
Jul 1, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield32 min
Jul 1, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb27 min
Jul 1, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike, Spalding26 min
Jul 1, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton37 min
Jul 1, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Floyd, Gordon, Murray42 min
Jul 1, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall25 min
Jul 1, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Upson31 min
Jul 1, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Henry35 min
Jul 1, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett, Rockdale33 min
Jul 1, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll31 min
Jul 1, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens29 min
Jul 1, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones, Monroe27 min
Jul 1, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Walton50 min
Jul 1, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Jasper, Newton48 min
Jul 1, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford, Jones37 min
Jul 1, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Hall, Lumpkin, White28 min
Jul 1, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Morgan, Oconee33 min
Jul 1, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Putnam32 min
Jul 1, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall48 min
Jul 1, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Twiggs, Wilkinson32 min
Jul 1, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Putnam, Washington29 min
Jul 1, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Oglethorpe34 min
Jul 1, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley32 min
Jul 1, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson, Madison67 min
Jul 1, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Hancock, Warren32 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.