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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 5, 2016Douglas County, Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2016, 1:31 PM EDT for Douglas County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2016, 1:31 PM EDT (17:31 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 38 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.

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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: 1207 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 701 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jul 5, 12:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 12:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 3:27 AM EDT, 10 hours 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
327 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-060730-
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-
327 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

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

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

...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE TODAY FOR MUCH OF THE AREA AND
DANGEROUS HEAT IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL HELP SPARK SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY.
A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG... MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A
LAGRANGE TO WARRENTON LINE BETWEEN NOON AND 10 PM. THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES SHOULD DIMINISH BY 11 PM WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.

MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA LOOKS TO REACH HEAT INDICES OF 105
DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED
ACCORDINGLY FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM. PLEASE SEE THE NPW-FFC PRODUCT
FOR MORE DETAILS.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
STRONG GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

DANGEROUS HEAT IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL BRING THE EXTRA RISK
OF HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE LIMIT
OUTDOOR EXPOSURE AND DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING... WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING GUSTY
WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 11:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1133 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

GAZ014-021>023-032-033-051600-
COBB GA-DAWSON GA-NORTH FULTON GA-CHEROKEE GA-FORSYTH GA-HALL GA-
1133 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COBB...SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON...
NORTH FULTON...CHEROKEE...FORSYTH AND SOUTHERN HALL COUNTIES UNTIL
NOON EDT...

AT 1132 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CUMMING TO NEAR KENNESAW...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

  HAZARD...HEAVY RAIN...UP TO 40 MPH WIND...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
           LIGHTNING.

  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
ATLANTA...MARIETTA...GAINESVILLE...CANTON...CUMMING...SANDY
SPRINGS... ROSWELL...JOHNS
CREEK...ALPHARETTA...SMYRNA...DUNWOODY...MILTON...KENNESAW...
WOODSTOCK...ACWORTH...SUGAR HILL...POWDER SPRINGS...BUFORD...HOLLY
SPRINGS AND FLOWERY BRANCH.

LAT...LON 3436 8371 3414 8399 3417 8406 3410 8411
      3406 8410 3403 8414 3403 8417 3399 8419
      3400 8422 3400 8424 3396 8428 3397 8434
      3386 8435 3384 8438 3389 8473 3403 8474
      3408 8471 3408 8466 3415 8466 3437 8452
TIME...MOT...LOC 1532Z 260DEG 28KT 3421 8420 3400 8458

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 12:42 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1242 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

GAZ030-031-041-042-051715-
PAULDING GA-CARROLL GA-HARALSON GA-POLK GA-
1242 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN PAULDING...CARROLL...
HARALSON AND POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM EDT...

AT 1241 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CEDARTOWN TO NEAR RANBURNE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...HEAVY RAIN...40 MPH WIND...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
           LIGHTNING.

  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
CARROLLTON...DALLAS...CEDARTOWN...BUCHANAN...VILLA
RICA...BREMEN...TEMPLE... ROCKMART...TALLAPOOSA...BOWDON...MOUNT
ZION...ARAGON...WHITESBURG...WACO...
BRASWELL...ROOPVILLE...YORKVILLE...ESOM HILL...BOWDON JUNCTION AND
VAN WERT.

LAT...LON 3408 8488 3346 8493 3345 8497 3346 8498
      3345 8499 3343 8509 3343 8529 3405 8542
TIME...MOT...LOC 1641Z 242DEG 26KT 3394 8524 3347 8533

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:31 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
131 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

GAZ031>033-042>044-051800-
COBB GA-NORTH FULTON GA-PAULDING GA-SOUTH FULTON GA-CARROLL GA-
DOUGLAS GA-
131 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN COBB...NORTH FULTON...
SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING...SOUTH FULTON...EASTERN CARROLL AND DOUGLAS
COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT...

AT 130 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR DOUGLASVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...HEAVY RAIN...UP TO 40 MPH WIND...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
           LIGHTNING.

  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
ATLANTA...MARIETTA...DOUGLASVILLE...SMYRNA...EAST POINT...UNION
CITY... VILLA RICA...COLLEGE PARK...POWDER
SPRINGS...FAIRBURN...AUSTELL... HAPEVILLE...PALMETTO...HIRAM...FAIR
OAKS...CHATTAHOOCHEE HILL COUNTRY... LITHIA SPRINGS...SWEETWATER
CREEK STATE PARK...VININGS AND JIM R MILLER PARK.

LAT...LON 3377 8499 3397 8449 3368 8435 3365 8435
      3365 8446 3355 8446 3351 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 1730Z 263DEG 40KT 3367 8474

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 3:21 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge and 28 more	15 hr
Jul 5, 11:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Hall	27 min
Jul 5, 12:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Haralson, Polk	33 min
Jul 5, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	28 min
Jul 5, 2:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	27 min
Jul 5, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	28 min
Jul 5, 2:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Spalding	20 min
Jul 5, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Walton	27 min
Jul 5, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Monroe	34 min
Jul 5, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	36 min
Jul 5, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	35 min
Jul 5, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Greene	20 min
Jul 5, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	31 min
Jul 5, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock, Taliaferro	25 min
Jul 5, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Wilkinson	37 min
Jul 5, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson	32 min
Jul 5, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	26 min
Jul 5, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	28 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.