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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 4, 2015Carroll County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2015, 9:09 PM EDT for Carroll County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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, 9:09 PM EDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2015, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Carroll County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 50 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-p

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: 409 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1386 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

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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, 8:28 PM EDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 8:28 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 8:53 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:46 PM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
346 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015

GAZ086-042015-
EMANUEL GA-
346 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EMANUEL COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM
EDT...

AT 346 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED NEAR NUNEZ...OR 11
MILES SOUTH OF SWAINSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 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
TWIN CITY...STILLMORE...OAK PARK...NUNEZ...LEXSY AND GEORGE L SMITH
STATE PARK.

LAT...LON 3254 8203 3256 8208 3252 8215 3248 8218
      3242 8219 3235 8225 3234 8224 3233 8236
      3242 8239 3244 8238 3245 8240 3250 8241
      3262 8204 3261 8204 3256 8203
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 258DEG 18KT 3244 8231

Local storm report, Jul 4, 4:26 PM EDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
426 PM EDT SAT JUL 04 2015

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

0243 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DUBLIN                  32.54N  82.90W
07/04/2015                   LAURENS            GA   911 CALL CENTER

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN ON I-16 AT
            MILE MARKER 51 AND INTERSECTION OF PECAN AND KELLAM
            ROAD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1500496

PAA

Local storm report, Jul 4, 4:46 PM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
446 PM EDT SAT JUL 04 2015

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

0138 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NNE ELKO              32.34N  83.70W
07/04/2015                   HOUSTON            GA   911 CALL CENTER

            POWERLINES DOWN NEAR TOWN OF ELKO. EXACT LOCATION
            UNKNOWN - REPORT CAME FROM DISPATCH CENTER. TIME
            ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1500497

DJN

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 8:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
808 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015

GAZ066-067-078-089-090-102-050100-
MUSCOGEE GA-HARRIS GA-STEWART GA-TROUP GA-CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-
MERIWETHER GA-
808 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MUSCOGEE...HARRIS...STEWART...
TROUP...CHATTAHOOCHEE AND MERIWETHER COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

AT 808 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
FREDONIA TO NEAR BLEECKER TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRING HILL...
AND MOVING EAST AT 30 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
LAGRANGE...HAMILTON...WEST POINT...HOGANSVILLE...PINE MOUNTAIN...FORT
BENNING/LAWSON ARMY AIR FLD...PINE MOUNTAIN-CALLAWAY GARDENS...BIBB
CITY...EDGEWOOD...BAUGHS CROSSROADS...BARTLETTS FERRY DAM...LAKE
HARDING...ABBOTTSFORD...STATE LINE PARK...CANNONVILLE...OMAHA...GOAT
ROCK LAKE...VISTA TERRACE...GREEN ISLAND HILLS AND HILLCREST.

LAT...LON 3322 8491 3271 8478 3211 8488 3210 8505
      3213 8506 3220 8496 3221 8498 3222 8493
      3226 8489 3233 8501 3243 8496 3264 8511
      3274 8511 3276 8514 3278 8512 3281 8517
      3285 8515 3286 8519 3311 8523
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 258DEG 26KT 3301 8530 3264 8521 3218 8528

DJN

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 8:58 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 9:09 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 4, 8:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Muscogee, Troup	52 min
Jul 4, 8:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Meriwether, Stewart, Talbot	32 min
Jul 4, 9:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Webster	29 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.