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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 14, 2015, 3:52 PM EST for 48 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 16, 2015, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2015, 3:52 PM EST (20:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 16, 2015, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2015, 3:22 PM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 48 counties
Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 1933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 14, 12:41 PM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 12:41 PM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 14, 3:43 AM EST, 12 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 343 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-150845- 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- 343 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON... ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS LATE TONIGHT EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA... VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND WEST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. THE DRY AIR...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE VALUES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEE THE LATEST FIRE DANGER STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES WILL DROP TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE THE LATEST WIND CHILL ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA BEGINNING LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL SPREAD A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. AT THIS TIME NORTH GEORGIA WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST RISK OF SEEING ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW. AS THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM...PLEASE MONITOR THE FORECAST AS CHANGES ARE LIKELY WITH FUTURE UPDATES. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FRIDAY BRINGING ANOTHER RISK OF RAIN AND SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 3:53 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 12 more | 30 hr |
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.