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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 4, 2015Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2015, 2:21 PM EDT for Laurens 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 4, 2015, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2015, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Laurens County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.

375 
WWUS82 KFFC 041821
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
221 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015
 
GAZ096-097-041845-
BLECKLEY GA-LAURENS GA-
221 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLECKLEY AND LAURENS COUNTIES
UNTIL 245 PM EDT...

AT 221 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED NEAR MONTROSE...OR
13 MILES WEST OF DUBLIN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. 

  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. 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
DUBLIN...DUDLEY...MONTROSE AND HARLOW. 

LAT...LON 3247 8322 3256 8325 3265 8293 3245 8291
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 251DEG 21KT 3251 8313 

$$

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, 1:01 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, 2:28 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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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.