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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 3, 2015Johnson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2015, 2:09 PM EDT for Johnson County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2015, 2:09 PM EDT (18:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2015, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Johnson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

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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 Jul 3, 1:53 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 1:53 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 1:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
101 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-041715-
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-
101 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH GEORGIA...
...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO EXIT CENTRAL GEORGIA BY
MID AFTERNOON...
...NEW ROUND OF STORMS TO AFFECT NORTH GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL UP TO 1 INCH. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL
RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING
ALONG AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS.

DISCUSSION...

A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES WILL INTERACT WITH A MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
AGAIN TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...
ESPECIALLY AS WE GO EVENING HOURS WITH THE SECOND WAVE OF STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

THE GREATEST RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...
AND A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. A SLIGHTLY LOWER CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP FOR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS WEAK
HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE DEEP SOUTH.

.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, Jul 3, 12:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1222 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015

GAZ058>060-068>072-082-031700-
UPSON GA-JONES GA-JASPER GA-PIKE GA-BUTTS GA-LAMAR GA-MONROE GA-
PUTNAM GA-BIBB GA-
1222 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR UPSON...JONES...JASPER...PIKE...
BUTTS...LAMAR...MONROE...PUTNAM AND BIBB COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM EDT...

AT 1222 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
MONTICELLO TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORSYTH TO NEAR MEANSVILLE...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND AND ENHANCED RISK FOR DOWNED TREES.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. WHILE
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS IS EXPECTED...TREES CAN ALSO
           DOWN MORE EASILY WITH ALREADY WET SOIL FROM PREVIOUS
           RAINFALL.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
BARNESVILLE...FORSYTH...GRAY...MONTICELLO...FLOVILLA...YATESVILLE...
MEANSVILLE...ALDORA...THE ROCK...COLLIER...JARRELL PLANTATION...
STANFORDVILLE...JOHNSTONVILLE...BRADLEY...WAYSIDE...MCELHENEYS
CROSSROADS...GOGGINS...ARKWRIGHT...HILLSBORO AND PLANT SCHERER.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3305 8440 3313 8407 3335 8374 3318 8339
      3318 8343 3314 8342 3293 8363 3286 8406
TIME...MOT...LOC 1622Z 292DEG 41KT 3329 8376 3308 8403 3303 8434

Local storm report, Jul 3, 12:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1245 PM EDT FRI JUL 03 2015

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

0950 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SSE WHITE OAK         33.38N  84.73W
07/03/2015                   COWETA             GA   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ALONG LOWER
            FAYETTEVILLE ROAD NEAR SUMMERGROVE..

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1500494

DEESE

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 12:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1245 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015

GAZ074-076-085-086-031715-
JOHNSON GA-WASHINGTON GA-EMANUEL GA-JEFFERSON GA-
1245 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JOHNSON...WASHINGTON...EMANUEL
AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM EDT...

AT 1245 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF RIDDLEVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH 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
LOUISVILLE...WADLEY...BARTOW...GARFIELD...SUMMERTOWN...COLEMANS
LAKE...BLUNDALE...MOXLEY...THREE POINTS...PRINGLE AND CANOOCHEE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3263 8212 3280 8267 3304 8229 3293 8227
      3284 8232 3280 8221 3281 8215 3266 8207
TIME...MOT...LOC 1645Z 281DEG 47KT 3299 8229 3282 8260

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 12:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1256 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015

GAZ060-061-071>073-082>084-031730-
TWIGGS GA-WILKINSON GA-JONES GA-BALDWIN GA-MONROE GA-PUTNAM GA-
HANCOCK GA-BIBB GA-
1256 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TWIGGS...WILKINSON...JONES...
BALDWIN...MONROE...PUTNAM...HANCOCK AND BIBB COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM
EDT...

AT 1256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST
OF EATONTON TO NEAR GRAY TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF FORSYTH...AND MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND AND ENHANCED RISK FOR DOWNED TREES.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. WHILE
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS IS EXPECTED...TREES CAN ALSO
           DOWN MORE EASILY WITH ALREADY WET SOIL FROM PREVIOUS
           RAINFALL.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
MACON...MILLEDGEVILLE...GRAY...SPARTA...GORDON...IVEY...PAYNE...
MIDWAY-HARDWICK...PAYNE CITY...MERIWETHER...SCOTTSBORO...
FRANKLINTON...GRISWOLDVILLE...POSTELL...ALLENWOOD...BRADLEY...
GREENBERRY CROSSROADS...UNDERWOOD...CROSS KEYS AND BROWNS CROSSING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3311 8296 3308 8301 3308 8305 3306 8304
      3303 8307 3301 8306 3294 8312 3277 8358
      3289 8393 3306 8355 3333 8325 3328 8280
TIME...MOT...LOC 1656Z 285DEG 35KT 3328 8326 3305 8348 3289 8387

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:13 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
113 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015

GAZ086-031745-
EMANUEL GA-
113 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EMANUEL COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM
EDT...

AT 113 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR HERNDON
TO NEAR SUMMERTOWN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND AND ENHANCED RISK FOR DOWNED TREES.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. WHILE
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS IS EXPECTED...TREES CAN ALSO
           DOWN MORE EASILY WITH ALREADY WET SOIL FROM PREVIOUS
           RAINFALL.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
TWIN CITY...GARFIELD...SUMMERTOWN...THREE POINTS...BLUNDALE AND
CANOOCHEE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3258 8202 3259 8217 3276 8242 3281 8218
      3281 8215 3266 8208 3261 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 308DEG 30KT 3276 8212 3275 8237

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:09 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa	29 min
Jul 3, 1:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Jasper	27 min
Jul 3, 1:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	25 min
Jul 3, 2:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock	40 min
Jul 3, 2:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Putnam	36 min
Jul 3, 2:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	47 min
Jul 3, 3:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	33 min
Jul 3, 4:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	32 min
Jul 3, 6:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Floyd	39 min
Jul 3, 6:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock, Warren	50 min
Jul 3, 6:27 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd, Walker	6 hr
Jul 3, 8:18 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall	6 hr
Jul 3, 8:41 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe	6 hr
Jul 3, 8:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	34 min
Jul 3, 9:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton	28 min
Jul 3, 9:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Heard	44 min
Jul 3, 9:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Henry, Newton, Rockdale, Walton	26 min
Jul 3, 10:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Jasper, Lamar and 4 more	38 min
Jul 3, 10:15 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 39 more	52 hr
Jul 3, 10:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Pike	56 min
Jul 3, 10:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan, Oconee	24 min
Jul 3, 10:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Butts, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones and 3 more	43 min
Jul 3, 10:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes	41 min
Jul 3, 11:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Lamar, Monroe	31 min
Jul 3, 11:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Hancock, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs, Washington and 1 more	47 min
Jul 3, 11:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Taliaferro, Warren	28 min
Jul 3, 11:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock	46 min
Jul 3, 12:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson, Washington	30 min
Jul 3, 12:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe	38 min
Jul 3, 12:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	30 min
Jul 3, 12:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Hancock, Jones	34 min
Jul 3, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	32 min
Jul 3, 1:16 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	7 days
Jul 3, 1:16 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton	25 hr
Jul 3, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	36 min
Jul 3, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	34 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.