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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2015, 12:10 PM EDT for Bartow County, Floyd County, Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 19, 2015, 12:10 PM EDT (16:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2015, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Bartow County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gordon County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:12 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 323 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Aug 19, 11:13 AM EDT, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 11:13 AM EDT, 57 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 10:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1058 AM EDT WED AUG 19 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-201500- 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- 1058 AM EDT WED AUG 19 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A VERY MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WILL REMAIN ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO BRIEFLY SEVERE. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... THE MAIN STORM THREATS WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING ALONG LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AND LIGHTNING. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR STRONG WINDS AND LIGHTNING WILL BE BETWEEN 2PM AND 10PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT 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 19, 12:10 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1210 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015
GAZ012-019-020-191645-
GORDON GA-BARTOW GA-FLOYD GA-
1210 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GORDON...NORTHERN BARTOW AND
SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM EDT...
AT 1209 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SHANNON...OR 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ROME...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND AND HEAVY RAIN.
IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. 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
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...CALHOUN...ADAIRSVILLE...WHITE...KINGSTON...
PLAINVILLE...SHANNON...CASSVILLE...FAIRMOUNT...RANGER...REDBUD...PINE
LOG...FUNKHOUSER...ARMUCHEE...FOLSOM...PINSON...SONORAVILLE...OAKMAN
AND LINDALE.
LAT...LON 3436 8530 3460 8473 3460 8472 3461 8472
3459 8470 3458 8465 3448 8466 3444 8466
3436 8465 3435 8464 3435 8465 3424 8465
3419 8524
TIME...MOT...LOC 1609Z 255DEG 31KT 3433 8506The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 39 min |
| Aug 18, 11:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Morgan, Oconee | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 7 days |
| Aug 19, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 51 min |
| Aug 19, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Oconee | 51 min |
| Aug 19, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 52 min |
| Aug 19, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Warren | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 39 min |
| Aug 19, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 51 min |
| Aug 19, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 52 min |
| Aug 19, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Murray | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 6:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth | 38 min |
| Aug 19, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Gordon | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 57 min |
Nearby
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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.