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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 1, 2016Cobb County, Paulding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 1, 2016, 2:51 PM EDT for Cobb County, Paulding County, 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: May 1, 2016, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2016, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Cobb County, GA, Paulding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 70 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: 447 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 May 1, 7:44 AM EDT, 7 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 7:44 AM EDT, 7 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 4:42 AM EDT, 10 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
442 AM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-020845-
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-
442 AM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE MOST FAVORABLE AREA FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS NORTH
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A WEAK FRONT SINKS INTO THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY AREA. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AND TUESDAY
AS SEVERAL UPPER ATMOSPHERE DISTURBANCES AFFECT THE AREA. A FEW
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE MONITOR UPDATES TO
THE FORECAST AS CHANGES ARE LIKELY. THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK
LOOKS DRY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 1, 2:51 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 8:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer, Gordon, Murray	45 min
Apr 30, 8:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry, Rockdale	32 min
Apr 30, 8:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Morgan, Newton, Oconee and 1 more	48 min
May 1, 1:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	25 min
May 1, 1:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	35 min
May 1, 2:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Forsyth	29 min
May 1, 2:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	28 min
May 1, 3:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett, Rockdale	35 min
May 1, 3:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	33 min
May 1, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	48 min
May 1, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson	31 min
May 1, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb	28 min
May 1, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	31 min
May 1, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	45 min
May 1, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb	36 min
May 1, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale, Walton	36 min
May 1, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	24 min
May 1, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin	36 min
May 1, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	25 min
May 1, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	37 min
May 1, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	34 min
May 1, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	32 min
May 1, 7:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	35 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

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.