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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Dec 23, 2015, 8:08 PM EST for Bartow County, Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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
- Dec 23, 2015, 8:08 PM EST (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2015, 8:45 PM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 592 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 784 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
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 Dec 23, 7:32 PM EST, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 7:32 PM EST, 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 5:40 PM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 540 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-241900- 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- 540 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...SEVERE POTENTIAL INCREASES TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS EVENING. AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCREASE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A COLUMBUS TO MACON TO ATHENS LINE. A FEW STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND BRIEF TORNADOES. SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY STORMS. ONGOING FLOODING OF RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL OCCUR WITH THE THREAT SHIFTING NORTH OVERNIGHT AS HEAVIER RAIN SETS UP ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING INTO THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF I-85. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND BRIEF TORNADOES. PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ELEVATE THE FLOOD THREAT AS WELL ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL GRADUALLY PUSH NORTH OF THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS DAY...BUT NOT AFTER TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OCCUR. SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS COULD REMAIN IN FLOOD THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. .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. DJN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 23, 7:14 PM EST, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
714 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015
GAZ030-031-041-042-240045-
PAULDING GA-CARROLL GA-HARALSON GA-POLK GA-
714 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN PAULDING...
NORTHWESTERN CARROLL...HARALSON AND EASTERN POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 745
PM EST...
AT 714 PM EST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR EDWARDSVILLE...OR NEAR
HEFLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.
IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
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
BUCHANAN...BREMEN...TEMPLE...ROCKMART...TALLAPOOSA...MOUNT ZION...
WACO...YORKVILLE...BOWDON JUNCTION...VAN WERT...EUBANK LAKE...FISH
CREEK...FELTON...DRAKETOWN AND ANTIOCH.
LAT...LON 3407 8511 3386 8491 3368 8500 3355 8532
3386 8538
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 231DEG 51KT 3365 8549
DJNSpecial weather statement, Dec 23, 8:08 PM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
808 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015
GAZ020-021-030>033-240145-
COBB GA-NORTH FULTON GA-PAULDING GA-BARTOW GA-CHEROKEE GA-POLK GA-
808 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN COBB...NORTH
FULTON...NORTHEASTERN PAULDING...BARTOW...CHEROKEE AND NORTHEASTERN
POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EST...
AT 807 PM EST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR EUHARLEE...OR 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CARTERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...UP TO 40 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
CANTON...CARTERSVILLE...DALLAS...ROSWELL...MILTON...KENNESAW...
WOODSTOCK...ACWORTH...HOLLY SPRINGS...EUHARLEE...EMERSON...BALL
GROUND...WHITE...WALESKA...BRASWELL...TAYLORSVILLE...BUFFINGTON...
FREE HOME...CASSVILLE AND LATHEMTOWN.
LAT...LON 3440 8471 3439 8458 3438 8458 3438 8449
3436 8426 3413 8426 3393 8485 3407 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 236DEG 64KT 3407 8487
DJNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 7:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 31 min |
| Dec 23, 9:12 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 20 hr |
| Dec 23, 9:12 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 4 days |
| Dec 23, 9:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 28 min |
| Dec 23, 9:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 18 days |
| Dec 23, 9:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon, Sumter | 11 days |
| Dec 23, 11:26 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Talbot, Taylor and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 24, 12:35 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Spalding | 25 min |
| Dec 24, 12:54 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 51 min |
| Dec 24, 1:53 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 52 min |
| Dec 24, 2:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 9 days |
| Dec 24, 2:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade, Walker | 26 min |
| Dec 24, 2:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 37 min |
| Dec 24, 3:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 60 min |
| Dec 24, 3:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 64 min |
| Dec 24, 3:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 24 min |
| Dec 24, 3:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 28 min |
| Dec 24, 4:07 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 8 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 61 min |
| Dec 24, 4:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 25 min |
| Dec 24, 5:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 41 min |
| Dec 24, 5:06 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 24 min |
| Dec 24, 5:10 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 53 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:35 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb | 31 min |
| Dec 24, 5:54 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 37 min |
| Dec 24, 6:11 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Union | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:12 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 33 min |
| Dec 24, 6:14 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Union | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:20 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 23 min |
| Dec 24, 6:39 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 29 min |
| Dec 24, 6:51 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:55 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 29 min |
| Dec 24, 7:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Hall, White | 23 min |
| Dec 24, 7:09 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 51 min |
| Dec 24, 7:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 33 min |
| Dec 24, 7:31 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:38 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:41 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson | 64 min |
| Dec 24, 7:46 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 13 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:01 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:08 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 50 min |
| Dec 24, 8:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 34 min |
| Dec 24, 8:19 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Troup | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:23 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 50 min |
| Dec 24, 8:38 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fannin | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 24 min |
| Dec 24, 9:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 47 min |
| Dec 24, 9:36 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:42 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Meriwether | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:45 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll | 58 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:48 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 26 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:56 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin, Pickens | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:56 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:59 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 30 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:03 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 18 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 32 min |
| Dec 24, 10:33 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 36 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:33 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 7 days |
| Dec 24, 10:33 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 10 days |
| Dec 24, 10:33 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:33 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Elbert, Madison, Oglethorpe | 28 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:53 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Towns | 31 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 25 min |
| Dec 24, 11:11 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:35 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Haralson | 27 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:35 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 36 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette | 51 hr |
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Sources
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