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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 4, 20155 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2015, 2:50 AM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 40 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 4, 2015, 2:50 AM EDT (06:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2015, 3:30 AM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Butts County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Upson County, GA

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 594 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 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
594 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
977 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 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 4, 2:04 AM EDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:04 AM EDT, 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 1:59 AM EDT, 51 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:37 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
137 AM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015

GAZ027-038-039-050-051-061-062-074>076-040615-
MADISON GA-TALIAFERRO GA-GLASCOCK GA-WASHINGTON GA-OGLETHORPE GA-
GREENE GA-JEFFERSON GA-WILKES GA-HANCOCK GA-WARREN GA-
137 AM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MADISON...TALIAFERRO...
GLASCOCK...WASHINGTON...OGLETHORPE...GREENE...JEFFERSON...WILKES...
HANCOCK AND WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM EDT...

AT 137 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM WINTERVILLE TO 6 MILES NORTH OF SPARTA TO NEAR
OCONEE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 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
SANDERSVILLE...WASHINGTON...GREENSBORO...LOUISVILLE...WARRENTON...
SPARTA...GIBSON...CRAWFORDVILLE...LEXINGTON...WRENS...WADLEY...
DAVISBORO...UNION POINT...TENNILLE...CRAWFORD...TIGNALL...HARRISON...
STAPLETON...ARNOLDSVILLE AND WOODVILLE.

LAT...LON 3307 8229 3288 8230 3280 8292 3337 8302
      3383 8329 3390 8324 3395 8328 3406 8299
      3398 8286 3398 8265 3386 8261 3387 8257
      3380 8258 3364 8248 3366 8251 3365 8258
      3361 8265 3335 8255 3331 8234 3323 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 0537Z 261DEG 37KT 3394 8327 3338 8298 3283 8289
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:42 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
142 AM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015

GAZ066-067-078-089-040615-
MUSCOGEE GA-HARRIS GA-TROUP GA-MERIWETHER GA-
142 AM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MUSCOGEE...HARRIS...TROUP AND
MERIWETHER COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM EDT...

AT 142 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED FROM 7
MILES EAST OF WEST POINT TO BEANS MILL TO NEAR AUBURN...AND MOVING
EAST 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
HAMILTON...PINE MOUNTAIN...PINE MOUNTAIN-CALLAWAY GARDENS...GOAT ROCK
LAKE...DURAND...JONES CROSSROADS...MOUNTAIN HILL...BARTLETTS FERRY
DAM...MULBERRY GROVE...FORTSON...LAKE HARDING...PINE MOUNTAIN
VALLEY...F.D. ROOSEVELT STATE PARK...WHITESVILLE-PINE LAKE...CATAULA
AND GREEN ISLAND HILLS.

LAT...LON 3287 8515 3296 8467 3266 8481 3253 8501
      3258 8507 3262 8509 3263 8508 3264 8511
      3269 8512 3272 8512 3274 8511 3276 8514
      3278 8512 3281 8517 3285 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0542Z 271DEG 31KT 3289 8504 3268 8527 3253 8550
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:58 AM EDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
158 AM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015

GAZ042-052-053-040630-
HEARD GA-CARROLL GA-COWETA GA-
158 AM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEARD...CARROLL AND COWETA
COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM EDT...

AT 158 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
CENTRALHATCHEE TO CORINTH...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 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
NEWNAN...FRANKLIN...PEACHTREE CITY...TYRONE...SENOIA...GRANTVILLE...
WHITESBURG...EPHESUS...CENTRALHATCHEE...MORELAND...SHARPSBURG...
TURIN...ROOPVILLE...EAST NEWNAN...CORINTH...THOMAS CROSSROADS...
HANDY...MADRAS...DUNAWAY GARDENS AND ROSCOE.

LAT...LON 3356 8483 3351 8482 3351 8471 3345 8462
      3340 8461 3338 8459 3336 8458 3333 8453
      3332 8452 3322 8487 3322 8494 3321 8498
      3336 8528 3339 8529 3340 8529
TIME...MOT...LOC 0558Z 250DEG 42KT 3338 8513 3321 8492
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:18 AM EDT, 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:44 AM EDT, 6 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:50 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 10:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee49 min
Jul 3, 10:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Heard, Troup23 min
Jul 3, 10:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion36 min
Jul 3, 10:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup32 min
Jul 3, 11:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta27 min
Jul 3, 11:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether, Troup37 min
Jul 3, 11:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor, Upson28 min
Jul 3, 11:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson33 min
Jul 3, 11:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson32 min
Jul 3, 11:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fayette31 min
Jul 4, 12:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Schley51 min
Jul 4, 12:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, DeKalb35 min
Jul 4, 12:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson30 min
Jul 4, 12:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Houston, Twiggs35 min
Jul 4, 1:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup36 min
Jul 4, 1:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Greene, Hancock, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro and 1 more26 min
Jul 4, 1:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup25 min
Jul 4, 1:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren and 2 more38 min
Jul 4, 1:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris33 min
Jul 4, 1:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether, Troup24 min
Jul 4, 1:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Heard32 min
Jul 4, 2:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding27 min
Jul 4, 2:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry31 min
Jul 4, 2:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan, Newton, Rockdale, Walton51 min
Jul 4, 6:13 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton20 hr
Jul 4, 12:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Webster28 min
Jul 4, 12:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Webster32 min
Jul 4, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley29 min
Jul 4, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston25 min
Jul 4, 1:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair37 min
Jul 4, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon31 min
Jul 4, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Pulaski28 min
Jul 4, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster25 min
Jul 4, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley36 min
Jul 4, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly30 min
Jul 4, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart28 min
Jul 4, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly34 min
Jul 4, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair31 min
Jul 4, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley29 min
Jul 4, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox29 min
Jul 4, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Webster26 min
Jul 4, 2:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens24 min
Jul 4, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly32 min
Jul 4, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens27 min
Jul 4, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge24 min
Jul 4, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee37 min
Jul 4, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens30 min
Jul 4, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen31 min
Jul 4, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel29 min

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