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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 18, 2015Paulding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2015, 3:02 PM EDT for Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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 18, 2015, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2015, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Paulding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 67 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: 705 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1130 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 18, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 12:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1200 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-191000-
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-
1200 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA...MAINLY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 8 PM.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN
HAZARDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 3:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
302 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015

GAZ030-031-181945-
PAULDING GA-POLK GA-
302 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PAULDING AND POLK COUNTIES UNTIL
345 PM EDT...

AT 302 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DALLAS...MOVING EAST AT 10 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 DON'T DROWN.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
DALLAS...POWDER SPRINGS...HIRAM...BRASWELL...YORKVILLE...
BROWNSVILLE...NEW HOPE...CROSS ROADS AND NEW GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3402 8474 3395 8474 3395 8472 3379 8472
      3377 8488 3381 8500 3400 8500
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 264DEG 10KT 3388 8491

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 8:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	32 min
Jul 17, 8:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Ben Hill	24 min
Jul 17, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilcox	37 min
Jul 17, 9:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	35 min
Jul 17, 9:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	36 min
Jul 17, 10:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	37 min
Jul 18, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lumpkin, White	50 min
Jul 18, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	36 min
Jul 18, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	51 min
Jul 18, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	36 min
Jul 18, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton	35 min
Jul 18, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb	49 min
Jul 18, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Rockdale	29 min
Jul 18, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale	27 min
Jul 18, 6:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee	23 min
Jul 18, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	43 min
Jul 18, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding	30 min
Jul 18, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	33 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2015 Every 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.