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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 23, 2015Greene County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 23, 2015, 2:41 AM EDT for Greene 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: Aug 23, 2015, 2:41 AM EDT (06:41 UTC)
Expired: Aug 23, 2015, 3:15 AM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Greene County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:42 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 962 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1418 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.5

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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 Aug 23, 2:26 AM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 2:26 AM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 12:41 AM EDT, 2 hours before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 23, 12:29 AM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 23, 1:01 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 23, 1:09 AM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 23, 1:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
130 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

GAZ046>049-230600-
MORGAN GA-NEWTON GA-ROCKDALE GA-WALTON GA-
130 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MORGAN...
NORTHEASTERN NEWTON...NORTHEASTERN ROCKDALE AND WALTON COUNTIES UNTIL
200 AM EDT...

AT 129 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM
NEAR GOOD HOPE TO GEORGIA INTERNATIONAL HORSE PARK...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND 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
CONYERS...MONROE...COVINGTON...MADISON...LOGANVILLE...SOCIAL
CIRCLE...OXFORD...WALNUT GROVE...RUTLEDGE...NORTH HIGH SHOALS...
BOSTWICK...BETWEEN...GOOD HOPE...JERSEY...GEORGIA INTERNATIONAL HORSE
PARK...LAKEVIEW ESTATES...GRATIS...GUM CREEK...ALMON AND CAMPTON.

LAT...LON 3393 8380 3389 8376 3392 8368 3389 8363
      3388 8359 3385 8358 3380 8348 3373 8345
      3369 8340 3355 8349 3353 8368 3365 8410
      3372 8406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0529Z 295DEG 19KT 3382 8359 3368 8396

Special weather statement, Aug 23, 1:57 AM EDT, 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
157 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

GAZ037-038-047>049-230630-
MORGAN GA-OGLETHORPE GA-OCONEE GA-NEWTON GA-WALTON GA-
157 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MORGAN...WESTERN OGLETHORPE...
OCONEE...NORTHEASTERN NEWTON AND EASTERN WALTON COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM
EDT...

AT 157 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM
NORTH HIGH SHOALS TO SOCIAL CIRCLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND 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
MONROE...MADISON...WATKINSVILLE...SOCIAL CIRCLE...BOGART...
RUTLEDGE...NORTH HIGH SHOALS...BOSTWICK...GOOD HOPE...BISHOP...
JERSEY...ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY (BALANCE)...BARNETT SHOALS...
FARMINGTON...EBENEZER...HARD LABOR CREEK STATE PARK...PANNELL...
APALACHEE...HERNDONVILLE AND EASTVILLE.

LAT...LON 3386 8321 3373 8332 3370 8340 3366 8337
      3348 8351 3369 8385 3395 8353 3393 8351
      3393 8342 3387 8336 3387 8333 3386 8333
      3385 8328 3388 8326
TIME...MOT...LOC 0557Z 286DEG 17KT 3383 8351 3367 8369

Special weather statement, Aug 23, 2:41 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
241 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

GAZ037-038-049-050-230715-
MORGAN GA-OGLETHORPE GA-OCONEE GA-GREENE GA-
241 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MORGAN...SOUTHWESTERN
OGLETHORPE...SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE AND GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 315 AM
EDT...

AT 241 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 7 MILES NORTH OF
BUCKHEAD...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND 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
MADISON...GREENSBORO...UNION POINT...WOODVILLE...SILOAM...MAXEYS...
BUCKHEAD...STEPHENS...PENFIELD...FARMINGTON...WRAYSWOOD...
APALACHEE...GRESHAMVILLE...DANIEL SPRINGS AND PHILOMATH.

LAT...LON 3379 8298 3373 8295 3369 8300 3366 8295
      3364 8297 3362 8298 3362 8300 3360 8299
      3358 8301 3352 8299 3357 8347 3377 8349
      3385 8294
TIME...MOT...LOC 0641Z 268DEG 25KT 3368 8333

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 22, 9:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	38 min
Aug 22, 10:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	37 min
Aug 22, 10:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	44 min
Aug 22, 10:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	36 min
Aug 22, 10:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	44 min
Aug 22, 11:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pickens	45 min
Aug 22, 11:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth, Gwinnett	36 min
Aug 22, 11:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	42 min
Aug 22, 11:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	38 min
Aug 22, 11:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	40 min
Aug 22, 11:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Walton	37 min
Aug 22, 11:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	41 min
Aug 22, 11:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	31 min
Aug 23, 12:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	24 min
Aug 23, 12:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jackson	32 min
Aug 23, 12:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oconee, Walton	45 min
Aug 23, 12:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	38 min
Aug 23, 12:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	33 min
Aug 23, 12:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth, Hall	31 min
Aug 23, 1:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale, Walton	29 min
Aug 23, 1:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oconee	36 min
Aug 23, 1:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan, Rockdale, Walton	30 min
Aug 23, 1:54 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Walton	4 hr
Aug 23, 1:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan, Oconee, Walton	33 min
Aug 23, 3:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	40 min
Aug 23, 4:15 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	7 days
Aug 23, 5:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson, Polk	31 min
Aug 23, 6:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	23 min
Aug 23, 6:14 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett, Walton	7 days
Aug 23, 6:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	37 min
Aug 23, 6:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	31 min
Aug 23, 6:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Haralson, Polk	31 min
Aug 23, 7:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	30 min
Aug 23, 7:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	39 min
Aug 23, 7:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas, Fulton	31 min
Aug 23, 7:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Heard	49 min
Aug 23, 8:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Cobb, Fayette, Fulton	33 min
Aug 23, 8:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Henry	23 min
Aug 23, 8:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup	49 min
Aug 23, 8:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	37 min
Aug 23, 8:55 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton	33 hr
Aug 23, 9:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Upson	28 min
Aug 23, 9:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Henry, Lumpkin, Rockdale	38 min
Aug 23, 9:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Taylor	49 min
Aug 23, 9:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Butts, Clarke, Clayton, DeKalb and 12 more	47 min
Aug 23, 10:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Macon, Peach	42 min
Aug 23, 10:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Macon, Peach	42 min
Aug 23, 10:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Jones and 5 more	49 min
Aug 23, 10:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Jones, Peach, Twiggs	53 min
Aug 23, 11:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Houston, Jones, Pulaski and 2 more	40 min
Aug 23, 11:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Oconee, Putnam	48 min
Aug 23, 11:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	39 min
Aug 23, 11:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Laurens, Wilkinson	49 min
Aug 23, 11:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	38 min
Aug 23, 12:03 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	9 hr
Aug 23, 12:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Pulaski	42 min
Aug 23, 12:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Treutlen, Washington	60 min
Aug 23, 12:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Warren	41 min
Aug 23, 12:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Washington	46 min
Aug 23, 12:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler, Wilcox	41 min
Aug 23, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler	45 min
Aug 23, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	24 min
Aug 23, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	42 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.