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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2015, 3:41 PM EDT for Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 8, 2015, 3:41 PM EDT (19:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2015, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Gwinnett County, GA
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 8, 3:16 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 3:16 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 316 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2015 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... LARGELY A PERSISTENCE FORECAST FOR THE SHORT TERM WITH A SIMILAR REGIME ON TAP AS BROAD RIDGING OFF THE SOUTHEAST AND LACK OF CONVECTIVE TRIGGER MECHANISMS KEEP THE AREA IN A RELATIVELY BENIGN PATTERN. HAVE GONE SLIGHT POPS AREA WIDE AGAIN FOR THURSDAY AS ISOLATED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT CAN STILL BE ATTAINED WITH COMBINATION OF DIURNAL HEATING...OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT IN THE NORTH...AND ANY WEAK LEE TROUGH PRESENT. TEMPS SHOULD BE GRADUALLY WARMER WITH SLIGHT INCREASE IN THICKNESSES...AND VALUES ABOUT 5 DEGREES ABOVE CLIMO CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY HIGHS. PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GA WILL SEE HEAT INDICES RETURN TO NEAR 100 BUT SHY OF ANY ADVISORY CONCERNS. BAKER .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... HAVE MADE MINIMAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE EXTENDED PERIODS. MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE AREA INTO THE WEEKEND...THEN AS IT SHIFTS TO THE WEST EARLY NEXT WEEK...MOISTURE RETURNS TO THE STATE...ENHANCING POP CHANCES. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS. 31 /ISSUED 419 AM EDT WED JUL 8 2015/ THE FIRST PART OF THE SHORT TERM PERIOD WILL FEATURE A 594DM RIDGE OVER THE DEEP SOUTH FROM TEXAS THROUGH SOUTH CAROLINA. MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO COME ON BOARD WITH ANTICIPATED HOT TEMPS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA WHERE VALUES IN THE UPPER 90S ARE EXPECTED. FORTUNATELY...DRY AIR AT THE SURFACE WILL RESULT IN ONLY MODEST INCREASE IN HEAT INDICES WITH VALUES AROUND 100. STILL WILL NEED TO MONITOR FORECAST TRENDS FOR POSSIBLE HEAT ADVISORIES FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST SECTIONS. DESPITE THE DRY AIR AT THE SURFACE...ELSEWHERE IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER...MOISTURE WILL BE MORE PLENTIFUL AND HAVE GONE ABOVE GUIDANCE EVER SO SLIGHTLY FOR THE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TIME PERIODS. RIDGE BUILDS WEST OF THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEKEND ALLOWING FOR NW FLOW ALOFT AND A MORE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN. THIS WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION INTO A FULL BLOWN EAST COAST TROUGH BY EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH STRONG IMPULSES MOVING THROUGH THE BASE OF THE TROUGH AND IMPACTING THE LOCAL AREA. WILL HOLD POPS AT CHANCE FOR NOW BUT IF TRENDS CONTINUE...CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE A NUMEROUS TYPE PATTERN SETTING UP FOR NEXT WEEK. DEESE AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THRU PERIOD THOUGH CANNOT RULE OUT A BRIEF MVFR VSBY REDUCTION IN THE EARLY MORNING PERIOD. CU FIELD IN AFTERNOON PERIODS GENERALLY 4-5 KFT AND SOME CIRRUS POSSIBLE. WINDS GENERALLY WEST AT 5-7 KTS WITH LIGHT TO CALM OVERNIGHT. PRECIP CHANCES TOO LOW TO INCLUDE THOUGH ISOLATED POSSIBLE IN AFTERNOON PERIODS. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... MEDIUM ON EARLY MORNING VSBYS. HIGH ON ALL ELSE. BAKER && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 71 97 71 95 / 20 20 10 20 ATLANTA 74 94 75 93 / 20 20 10 20 BLAIRSVILLE 68 89 67 87 / 20 20 10 20 CARTERSVILLE 69 95 69 93 / 20 20 10 20 COLUMBUS 74 96 75 95 / 20 20 20 20 GAINESVILLE 73 94 72 92 / 20 20 10 20 MACON 72 96 73 96 / 20 20 20 30 ROME 69 95 69 94 / 20 20 10 20 PEACHTREE CITY 69 94 70 93 / 20 20 10 20 VIDALIA 74 96 75 96 / 20 20 20 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...BAKER LONG TERM....31 AVIATION...BAKER
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 4:48 AM EDT, 10 hours 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:28 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 8, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 23 min |
| Jul 8, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wilcox | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 32 min |
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