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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 4, 2015Marion County, Schley County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2015, 1:01 PM EDT for Marion County, Schley County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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, 1:01 PM EDT (17:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2015, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Marion County, GA, Schley County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:03 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 2015-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 64 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 2015-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
64 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 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, 11:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 11:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 10:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1045 AM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-051000-
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-
1045 AM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE...
...A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH GEORGIA...

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE STRONG TO POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING ALONG AREA STREAMS...
CREEKS AND FLOOD PRONE LOW LYING AREAS.

DISCUSSION...
A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES WILL INTERACT WITH A MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE
ANYTIME INTO EARLY EVENING...AND SHOULD GREATLY DIMINISH BY 10 PM
THIS EVENING. THE MORE FAVORABLE LOCATION FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
MAINLY ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AS STRONG
STORMS MOVE EAST FROM ALABAMA. TRAINING OF STORMS OVER ALREADY
SATURATED GROUNDS IS LIKELY AND WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

THE GREATEST RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SUNDAY AND MONDAY...
AND A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A SLIGHTLY LOWER CHANCE OF AFTERNOON
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP FOR TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 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 4, 12:32 PM EDT, 29 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, 2:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Lamar, Monroe, Talbot, Upson40 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, 1:20 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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Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015

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.