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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2015, 6:51 AM EDT for 4 counties in 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
- Aug 6, 2015, 6:51 AM EDT (10:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2015, 7:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:52 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 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 699 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Aug 6, 3:44 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 3:44 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 5:18 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 518 AM EDT THU AUG 6 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-071200- 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- 518 AM EDT THU AUG 6 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WILL HELP SPARK SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO NEAR DUBLIN. SOUTH OF THIS LINE...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ALTHOUGH RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...ENOUGH MOISTURE AND FUEL FOR STORMS WILL EXIST TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY DURING AFTERNOON AND EVENING EACH DAY. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BECOME NECESSARY LATER TODAY. IN THE MEANTIME...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 6:51 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
651 AM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
GAZ001>004-011-061115-
DADE GA-CATOOSA GA-WHITFIELD GA-CHATTOOGA GA-WALKER GA-
651 AM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DADE...CATOOSA...WESTERN
WHITFIELD...CHATTOOGA AND WALKER COUNTIES UNTIL 715 AM EDT...
AT 650 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM TRACY CITY TO NEAR IDER
TO NEAR CROSSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 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 THESE STORMS INCLUDE
DALTON...LAFAYETTE...SUMMERVILLE...RINGGOLD...TRENTON...FORT
OGLETHORPE...ROSSVILLE...CHICKAMAUGA...TRION...LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN...
TUNNEL HILL...CHATTANOOGA VALLEY...LA FAYETTE...LYERLY...MENLO...
LAKEVIEW...NAOMI...CLOUDLAND...BOYNTON AND SUTTLES MILL.
LAT...LON 3485 8500 3463 8505 3458 8511 3444 8518
3437 8533 3429 8539 3429 8546 3498 8560
3499 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 1050Z 282DEG 14KT 3526 8576 3474 8565 3424 8596The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 10:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 7:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Murray and 2 more | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 8:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Butts, Gwinnett, Jackson, Jasper, Newton and 1 more | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton | 37 min |
| Aug 6, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee, Talbot | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Pulaski | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Oconee and 2 more | 66 min |
| Aug 6, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 52 min |
| Aug 6, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 62 min |
| Aug 6, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Morgan and 4 more | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Warren | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 18 min |
| Aug 6, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Washington | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Johnson, Washington | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Candler | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee, Talbot | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 50 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.