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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 14, 2015Gilmer County, Lumpkin County, White County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2015, 6:36 PM EDT for Gilmer County, Lumpkin County, White 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 14, 2015, 6:36 PM EDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2015, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Gilmer County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, White County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2015-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1704 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 2015-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1704 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
988 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.1

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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 14, 3:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 3:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
326 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
LATEST REGIONAL RADAR LOOP SHOWS ANOTHER CONVECTIVE COMPLEX GETTING
ORGANIZED ACROSS NORTH TN AND TRACKING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST. SPC HAS
PLACED MUCH OF TN IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM THIS
EVENING. HIRES RADAR MODELS ARE SHOWING BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THIS
COMPLEX PUSHING INTO FAR NORTH GA BETWEEN 5-7 PM THEN PUSHING
SOUTHWARD AND ACROSS THE ATLANTA METRO AREA BY 8-10 PM.. THEN INTO
PARTS OF CENTRAL GA BY MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING HOURS. HOWEVER...DO EXPECT THE STRENGTH OF THIS
CONVECTION TO GREATLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT AS IT PUSHES INTO
PARTS OF CENTRAL GA. BEFORE THEN... THESE STORMS COULD CONTINUE TO
BE STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS NORTH
GA... AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE PARTS OF NORTH GA PLACED
IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH BY 5-6 PM THIS EVENING. WILL HAVE
TO MONITOR THIS STORM COMPLEX CLOSELY THROUGH THE EVENING AS
INSTABILITIES REMAIN MODERATELY STRONG INTO THE EVENING. THE MAIN
STORM THREATS THROUGH AT LEAST THE EVENING CONTINUE TO BE DAMAGING
WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTING AND POSSIBLY SOME LARGE HAIL AT TIMES.
LOCALIZED BRIEF FLOODING CANNOT BE RULED OUT AS WELL... ESPECIALLY
IF ANY TRAINING OCCURS IN THE MOUNTAINS. ALL INTEREST ACROSS NORTH
AND CENTRAL GA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER FOR POSSIBLE
WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS THIS LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

MODELS ARE SHOWING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH THAT DIPS INTO
NORTH GA AROUND 5-7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH EXPECTING MAINLY
SHOWERS WITH THIS MORNING CONVECTION... CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW NON-
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH GA WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION
OF THE WEAK SURFACE TROUGH AND WEAK DISTURBANCES IN THE NW FLOW
ALOFT WILL HELP SPARK SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GA BETWEEN 2PM AND 10PM ON
WEDNESDAY. A FEW OF THESE COULD BE SEVERE AS WELL. THIS THREAT
SHOULD END BY 10 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING.

OTHERWISE... WILL ALLOW THE HEAT ADVISORY ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GA
TO EXPIRE BY 7 PM THIS EVENING... AND ANOTHER HEAT ADVISORY WILL
LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR PARTS OF FAR CENTRAL GA AGAIN WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. WILL LET THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT HANDLE THIS. ALSO... A MAV
AND MET BLEND FOR TEMPS AND POPS LOOKED REASONABLE THROUGH THE SHORT
TERM.

39

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
NO MAJOR CHANGES MADE TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST. A WEAK COLD FRONT
AND PREFRONTAL TROUGH WILL BE MOVING INTO/OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY
NIGHT WITH THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH BEGINNING TO MOVE OFFSHORE THE
EAST COAST. HIGHEST POPS WILL BE SHIFTING TO CENTRAL GA WHERE SOME
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS MAY LINGER DURING THE EVENING...
POSSIBLY THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

OTHERWISE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ALOFT BUILDS SOME OVER THE AREA ON
THURSDAY WITH THE CENTER REMAINING TO THE WEST. THIS PATTERN CONTINUES
THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH JUST SOME WEAKENING OF THE UPPER RIDGE ON MONDAY.
THIS WILL ALSO WEAKEN/DIMINISH THE NW FLOW ALOFT AND SHORT WAVE
POTENTIAL OVER THE CWA...ALLOWING FOR A VERY DIURNAL NATURE TO ANY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

TEMPERATURES FOR THE MOST PART WILL BE A COUPLE TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL DURING THE LONG TERM PERIOD.

BDL/01

&&

.AVIATION...
18Z UPDATE...
HIRES MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX PUSHING ACROSS
THE ATLANTA TAF SITES BETWEEN 00Z-05Z WED... BUT CANNOT RULE OUT AN
AFTERNOON STORM DEVELOPING AROUND THE AIRPORTS PRIOR TO THAT TIME.
WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW TEMPO 20-24Z FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION... AND
PREVAILING -TSRA 00-03Z WED TO HANDLE THE EXPECTED STORM COMPLEX
LATER THIS EVENING. THE CONVECTIVE THREAT SHOULD GREATLY DIMINISH BY
05-06Z WED... WITH VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILING OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION.
WINDS WILL REMAIN ON THE WEST SIDE BUT FREQUENT GUSTS TO AROUND 15-
20KTS REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE...
MED CONFIDENCE ON CONVECTION...HIGH CONFIDENCE REMAINING
ELEMENTS.

/39

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          74  94  72  93 /  60  30  20  10
ATLANTA         76  92  72  91 /  60  40  20  10
BLAIRSVILLE     68  89  63  86 /  60  40  10  10
CARTERSVILLE    74  93  67  91 /  60  40  20  10
COLUMBUS        77  96  75  94 /  50  40  30  30
GAINESVILLE     74  91  71  90 /  60  40  10  10
MACON           76  97  74  95 /  60  40  30  20
ROME            74  93  69  92 /  60  40  10  10
PEACHTREE CITY  74  94  70  92 /  60  40  20  20
VIDALIA         77  96  76  96 /  50  40  30  40

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BALDWIN...BIBB...BLECKLEY...CHATTAHOOCHEE...CRAWFORD...
CRISP...DODGE...DOOLY...EMANUEL...GLASCOCK...HANCOCK...HOUSTON...
JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...JONES...LAURENS...MACON...MARION...
MONROE...MONTGOMERY...PEACH...PULASKI...SCHLEY...STEWART...
SUMTER...TAYLOR...TELFAIR...TOOMBS...TREUTLEN...TWIGGS...
WASHINGTON...WEBSTER...WHEELER...WILCOX...WILKINSON.

&&

SHORT TERM...39
LONG TERM....01
AVIATION...39
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 5:36 PM EDT, 1 hour before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
536 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-152145-
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-
536 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTH GEORGIA AND PARTS OF
CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

DISCUSSION...
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO NORTH
GEORGIA AND CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA INTO TONIGHT. SOME
STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT OVER NORTH
GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS THEY PUSH
INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA LATER TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY FOR CENTRAL AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO
BE POSSIBLE. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR MAINLY
CENTRAL GEORGIA ON THURSDAY AND ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME...BUT SPOTTERS NEED
TO REMAIN ALERT THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT...AND ARE ENCOURAGED TO
SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO
WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 14, 2:25 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
225 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

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

0150 PM     HAIL             6 N DAHLONEGA           34.62N  83.98W
07/14/2015  E1.00 INCH       LUMPKIN            GA   911 CALL CENTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1500511

SNELSON
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:31 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
231 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

GAZ076-085-086-096>098-109>113-141930-
JOHNSON GA-WHEELER GA-BLECKLEY GA-DODGE GA-MONTGOMERY GA-LAURENS GA-
TOOMBS GA-TREUTLEN GA-TELFAIR GA-EMANUEL GA-JEFFERSON GA-
231 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JOHNSON...WHEELER...BLECKLEY...
DODGE...MONTGOMERY...LAURENS...TOOMBS...TREUTLEN...TELFAIR...EMANUEL
AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
DUBLIN TO SWAINSBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...UP TO 40 MPH WIND...PEA SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
           GROUND LIGHTNING.

  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.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
DUBLIN...SWAINSBORO...MCRAE...EASTMAN...LYONS...SOPERTON...ALAMO...
MOUNT VERNON...VIDALIA...HELENA...EAST DUBLIN...WADLEY...TWIN CITY...
CHESTER...LUMBER CITY...GLENWOOD...MILAN...ADRIAN...UVALDA AND
DEXTER.

LAT...LON 3181 8314 3249 8320 3289 8230 3283 8231
      3280 8221 3281 8215 3266 8208 3260 8200
      3254 8203 3256 8208 3252 8215 3235 8225
      3217 8218 3191 8223 3197 8248 3195 8249
      3196 8255 3192 8268 3178 8287 3178 8301
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 309DEG 17KT 3245 8272
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:33 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
233 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

GAZ038-039-141915-
OGLETHORPE GA-WILKES GA-
233 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR OGLETHORPE AND WILKES COUNTIES
UNTIL 315 PM EDT...

AT 232 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NANCY HART STATE PARK...OR NEAR ELBERTON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...UP TO 40 MPH WIND...PEA SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
           GROUND LIGHTNING.

  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.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
WASHINGTON...TIGNALL...NANCY HART STATE PARK...NEWTOWN...VESTA...
FLORAL HILL...MALLORYSVILLE...JACKSONS CROSSROADS...NORMAN...DELHI
AND DANBURG.

LAT...LON 3383 8260 3380 8258 3366 8276 3399 8296
      3402 8294 3400 8288 3398 8286 3398 8285
      3399 8284 3399 8266 3398 8265 3386 8261
      3387 8258 3387 8257
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 308DEG 17KT 3402 8283
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
303 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

GAZ039-141930-
WILKES GA-
303 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WILKES COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

AT 303 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF LINCOLNTON...OR 7 MILES EAST OF
WASHINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND...PEA SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
           GROUND LIGHTNING.

  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.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
WASHINGTON...HOLLIDAY PARK...METASVILLE...AONIA AND FLORAL HILL.

LAT...LON 3366 8251 3365 8252 3365 8254 3364 8254
      3364 8256 3365 8258 3363 8258 3364 8259
      3363 8261 3363 8262 3361 8262 3361 8265
      3379 8274 3386 8257 3383 8260 3364 8248
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 330DEG 31KT 3377 8261
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
525 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019-142230-
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-
525 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS TENNESSEE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
INTO NORTH GEORGIA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE
ABILITY TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60MPH AND LARGE HAIL
AROUND AN INCH IN DIAMETER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FOR
THIS AREA AS THIS LINE APPROACHES.

KOVACIK
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 6:36 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
636 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

GAZ006-007-014>016-142300-
GILMER GA-DAWSON GA-LUMPKIN GA-WHITE GA-FANNIN GA-
636 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GILMER...DAWSON...LUMPKIN...WHITE
AND FANNIN COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

AT 634 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST OF ELLIJAY TO
SOUTHWEST OF BLAIRSVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH...UP TO PENNY SIZED HAIL...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 SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE
           LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO HYDROPLANING. WHEN WATER COVERS
           THE ROAD...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...DAWSONVILLE...ELLIJAY...EAST ELLIJAY...
HELEN...UNICOI STATE PARK...SAUTEE...AMICALOLA FALLS STATE PARK...
MOUNTAINTOWN...THE SMITHGALL WOODS CONSERVATION AREA...LEAF...
QUALATCHEE LAKE...THE STOVER CREEK SHELTER...TALONA...TURNERS
CORNER...MCKEE...THE BLACK GAP SHELTER...THE LEN FOOTE HIKE INN AND
FAUSETT LAKE.

LAT...LON 3489 8454 3474 8438 3465 8415 3464 8404
      3474 8395 3472 8384 3478 8382 3480 8368
      3476 8363 3465 8366 3455 8362 3450 8367
      3450 8384 3446 8389 3447 8393 3441 8398
      3449 8433 3456 8435 3456 8465 3474 8465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 315DEG 48KT 3478 8458 3472 8435 3483 8406

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs29 min
Jul 14, 3:24 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 29 more16 hr
Jul 14, 11:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns, Union59 min
Jul 14, 11:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns, Union35 min
Jul 14, 12:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin, White49 min
Jul 14, 12:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns, Union34 min
Jul 14, 12:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson23 min
Jul 14, 12:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski30 min
Jul 14, 12:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite32 min
Jul 14, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson, Washington35 min
Jul 14, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens25 min
Jul 14, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel23 min
Jul 14, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin32 min
Jul 14, 1:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin, Union, White43 min
Jul 14, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel26 min
Jul 14, 2:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens, Treutlen28 min
Jul 14, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs25 min
Jul 14, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair and 3 more59 min
Jul 14, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes42 min
Jul 14, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes27 min
Jul 14, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Towns, Union58 min
Jul 14, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Fannin, Murray, Walker, Whitfield51 min
Jul 14, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, White42 min
Jul 14, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Murray, Walker, Whitfield37 min
Jul 14, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Dawson, Gordon, Hall, Pickens29 min
Jul 14, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens49 min
Jul 14, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker, Whitfield51 min
Jul 14, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Pickens47 min
Jul 14, 7:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall, Jackson, Madison24 min
Jul 14, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield49 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.