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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 3, 2015Morgan County, Oconee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2015, 10:21 AM EDT for Morgan County, Oconee 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
Jul 3, 2015, 10:21 AM EDT (14:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2015, 10:45 AM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Morgan County, GA, Oconee County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:21 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2015-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1065 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 2015-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 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
1065 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 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.

048 
WWUS82 KFFC 031421
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1021 AM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015
 
GAZ037-047>050-031445-
MORGAN GA-OCONEE GA-NEWTON GA-GREENE GA-WALTON GA-
1021 AM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MORGAN...OCONEE...NEWTON...GREENE
AND WALTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 AM EDT...

AT 1021 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED OVER SOCIAL
CIRCLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF MONROE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT 
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF 
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW 
           LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY. MOTORISTS 
           SHOULD REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. 

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
MONROE...COVINGTON...MADISON...SOCIAL CIRCLE...OXFORD...RUTLEDGE...
NORTH HIGH SHOALS...BOSTWICK...GOOD HOPE...BISHOP...BUCKHEAD...
JERSEY...ALMON...FARMINGTON...WRAYSWOOD...GODFREY...EBENEZER...HARD
LABOR CREEK STATE PARK...BRICK STORE AND PANNELL.

LAT...LON 3370 8314 3346 8343 3344 8351 3353 8368
      3361 8397 3390 8356
TIME...MOT...LOC 1421Z 299DEG 37KT 3367 8368 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa29 min
Jul 3, 1:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Jasper27 min
Jul 3, 1:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam25 min
Jul 3, 2:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock40 min
Jul 3, 2:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Putnam36 min
Jul 3, 2:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon47 min
Jul 3, 3:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson33 min
Jul 3, 4:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam32 min
Jul 3, 6:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Floyd39 min
Jul 3, 6:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock, Warren50 min
Jul 3, 6:27 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd, Walker6 hr
Jul 3, 8:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCherokee, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall6 hr
Jul 3, 8:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCClarke, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe6 hr
Jul 3, 8:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll34 min
Jul 3, 9:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton28 min
Jul 3, 9:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Heard44 min
Jul 3, 9:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Henry, Newton, Rockdale, Walton26 min
Jul 3, 10:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Jasper, Lamar and 4 more38 min
Jul 3, 10:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 39 more52 hr
Jul 3, 10:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Pike56 min
Jul 3, 10:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Butts, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones and 3 more43 min
Jul 3, 10:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Taliaferro, Wilkes41 min
Jul 3, 11:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Lamar, Monroe31 min
Jul 3, 11:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs, Washington and 1 more47 min
Jul 3, 11:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Taliaferro, Warren28 min
Jul 3, 11:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock46 min
Jul 3, 12:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson, Washington30 min
Jul 3, 12:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe38 min
Jul 3, 12:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson30 min
Jul 3, 12:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Jones34 min
Jul 3, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel32 min
Jul 3, 1:16 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth7 days
Jul 3, 1:16 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton25 hr
Jul 3, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson36 min
Jul 3, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart36 min
Jul 3, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster34 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.