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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 15, 2015Laurens County, Wheeler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2015, 7:56 PM EDT for Laurens County, Wheeler 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 15, 2015, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2015, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Laurens County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 205 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: 306 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

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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 15, 7:16 PM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 7:16 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 6:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 5:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
518 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2015

GAZ056-058-068-070-071-152145-
SPALDING GA-PIKE GA-BUTTS GA-LAMAR GA-MONROE GA-
518 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SPALDING...PIKE...BUTTS...LAMAR
AND MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT...

AT 518 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ORCHARD HILL...OR NEAR GRIFFIN...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
GRIFFIN...BARNESVILLE...MILNER...ORCHARD HILL...ALDORA...EAST
GRIFFIN...COLLIER...BLOUNT...REDBONE...CHAPPEL MILL...
JOHNSTONVILLE...GOGGINS...WALKER MILL...HIGH FALLS STATE PARK AND
LIBERTY HILL.

LAT...LON 3319 8435 3331 8418 3313 8386 3296 8412
      3299 8412 3299 8422
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 321DEG 19KT 3321 8423

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 5:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
522 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2015

GAZ089-090-102-152200-
MUSCOGEE GA-STEWART GA-CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-
522 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MUSCOGEE...STEWART AND
CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

AT 521 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LADONIA...OR NEAR PHENIX CITY...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT 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
COLUMBUS...LUMPKIN...CUSSETA...RICHLAND...FORT BENNING/LAWSON ARMY
AIR FLD...BROOKLYN...BENNING HILLS...CHRISTOPHER...CHARLES...
RENFROE...LOUVALE...PROVIDENCE CANYON STATE PARK...SAND HILL...CARTER
ACRES...WESTVILLE...BENNING PARK...MANTA...BATTLE PARK...CUSTER ROAD
TERRACE AND JAMESTOWN/SOUTH FORT BENNING.

LAT...LON 3217 8502 3220 8496 3222 8498 3222 8493
      3225 8492 3226 8489 3230 8494 3233 8501
      3238 8497 3238 8499 3239 8497 3241 8498
      3242 8496 3244 8497 3245 8500 3247 8500
      3231 8466 3205 8465 3200 8487
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 311DEG 25KT 3240 8507

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 5:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 6:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 15, 7:36 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 7:56 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 14, 8:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Madison, Oglethorpe, Wilkes	45 min
Jul 14, 8:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	24 min
Jul 14, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson	48 min
Jul 14, 8:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow	29 min
Jul 14, 8:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke	28 min
Jul 14, 8:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Gordon, Paulding, Pickens	23 min
Jul 14, 8:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Jackson, Oconee, Oglethorpe	37 min
Jul 14, 8:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd, Polk	30 min
Jul 14, 8:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	28 min
Jul 14, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas and 6 more	46 min
Jul 14, 8:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro, Wilkes	37 min
Jul 14, 8:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Morgan, Oconee, Walton	50 min
Jul 14, 9:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke	26 min
Jul 14, 9:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton and 5 more	38 min
Jul 14, 9:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Morgan	32 min
Jul 14, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Warren	30 min
Jul 14, 9:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson, Paulding and 1 more	28 min
Jul 14, 9:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas and 10 more	52 min
Jul 14, 10:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Lamar and 2 more	51 min
Jul 14, 11:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Coweta, Jones, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe and 3 more	66 min
Jul 15, 3:34 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens and 10 more	15 hr
Jul 15, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	24 min
Jul 15, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton	48 min
Jul 15, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	21 min
Jul 15, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Spalding	32 min
Jul 15, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar	27 min
Jul 15, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Stewart	38 min
Jul 15, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	36 min
Jul 15, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Jones, Twiggs	40 min
Jul 15, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	24 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.