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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 14, 20159 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2015, 11:24 PM EDT for 9 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 66 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, 11:24 PM EDT (03:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2015, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Bibb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Pike County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Upson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 756 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
756 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1683 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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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, 10:53 PM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 10:53 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 11:11 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 14, 10:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1005 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

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

0920 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MORNINGSIDE             33.80N  84.37W
07/14/2015                   FULTON             GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON CAR WITH PERSON TRAPPED...MONTGOMERY FERRY
            AND MONROE DR.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1500546

KS
Local storm report, Jul 14, 10:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1006 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

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

0915 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ROSWELL                 34.02N  84.36W
07/14/2015                   FULTON             GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN ROSWELL. TREE ON A HOUSE ON
            HIGHLAND COLONY DRIVE

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1500547

KS
Local storm report, Jul 14, 10:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1020 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

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

0925 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COMFORT HILL            33.76N  84.29W
07/14/2015                   DEKALB             GA   911 CALL CENTER

            AROUND 20 INSTANCES OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
            THROUGHOUT DEKALB COUNTY.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1500548

RWILLIS
Local storm report, Jul 14, 10:38 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1038 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

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

0924 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SSW PIEDMONT PARK     33.78N  84.38W
07/14/2015                   FULTON             GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A TREE WAS BLOWN ONTO A HOUSE ON ARGONNE AVENUE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1500549

RWILLIS
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 10:39 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1039 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

GAZ042>044-052>057-066>068-070-150330-
HEARD GA-HENRY GA-SOUTH FULTON GA-SPALDING GA-TROUP GA-CLAYTON GA-
CARROLL GA-COWETA GA-PIKE GA-LAMAR GA-FAYETTE GA-DOUGLAS GA-
MERIWETHER GA-
1039 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEARD...HENRY...SOUTH FULTON...
SPALDING...TROUP...CLAYTON...CARROLL...COWETA...PIKE...LAMAR...
FAYETTE...DOUGLAS AND MERIWETHER COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM EDT...

AT 1039 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM BOWDON TO NEAR
CHATTAHOOCHEE HILLS AND TYRONE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 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 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
NEWNAN...CARROLLTON...GRIFFIN...MCDONOUGH...FAYETTEVILLE...
BARNESVILLE...JONESBORO...ZEBULON...FRANKLIN...PEACHTREE CITY...
STOCKBRIDGE...UNION CITY...RIVERDALE...FAIRBURN...HAMPTON...TYRONE...
LOVEJOY...LOCUST GROVE...PALMETTO AND SENOIA.

LAT...LON 3368 8485 3353 8425 3331 8407 3330 8410
      3329 8409 3324 8412 3305 8414 3310 8456
      3319 8503 3320 8525 3362 8533
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 297DEG 33KT 3352 8525 3360 8478 3349 8463
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison, Oglethorpe, Wilkes45 min
Jul 14, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd24 min
Jul 14, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson48 min
Jul 14, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow29 min
Jul 14, 8:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke28 min
Jul 14, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Gordon, Paulding, Pickens23 min
Jul 14, 8:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Jackson, Oconee, Oglethorpe37 min
Jul 14, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk30 min
Jul 14, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth28 min
Jul 14, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas and 6 more46 min
Jul 14, 8:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro, Wilkes37 min
Jul 14, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Oconee, Walton50 min
Jul 14, 9:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke26 min
Jul 14, 9:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton and 5 more38 min
Jul 14, 9:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Morgan32 min
Jul 14, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren30 min
Jul 14, 9:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson, Paulding and 1 more28 min
Jul 14, 9:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas and 10 more52 min
Jul 14, 10:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Lamar and 2 more51 min
Jul 15, 3:34 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryFFCBleckley, Dodge, Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens and 10 more15 hr
Jul 15, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas24 min
Jul 15, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton48 min
Jul 15, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox21 min
Jul 15, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding32 min
Jul 15, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar27 min
Jul 15, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Stewart38 min
Jul 15, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb36 min
Jul 15, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Jones, Twiggs40 min
Jul 15, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs24 min
Jul 15, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens, Wheeler34 min

Nearby

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.