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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 5, 2016Gwinnett County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2016, 2:32 PM EDT for Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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: Jul 5, 2016, 2:32 PM EDT (18:32 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2016, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Gwinnett County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 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, 6.5 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.

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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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The text

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711 
WWUS82 KFFC 051832
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
232 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016
 
GAZ034-045>047-051900-
DEKALB GA-GWINNETT GA-ROCKDALE GA-WALTON GA-
232 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN DEKALB...SOUTHERN
GWINNETT...NORTHEASTERN ROCKDALE AND NORTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTIES
UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

AT 232 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LILBURN TO NEAR LAKEVIEW ESTATES...AND MOVING
EAST AT 35 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 THESE STORMS INCLUDE
LAWRENCEVILLE...SNELLVILLE...LILBURN...LOGANVILLE...GRAYSON...WALNUT
GROVE...BETWEEN...JERSEY...LAKEVIEW ESTATES...TUCKER...MOUNTAIN
PARK...BIG HAYNES CREEK PARK...ROSEBUD...YOUTH AND WINDSOR.

LAT...LON 3384 8377 3370 8381 3370 8384 3374 8391
      3372 8392 3371 8391 3371 8393 3370 8392
      3370 8408 3388 8421 3397 8397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 264DEG 30KT 3386 8413 3374 8401 

$$

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, 2:00 PM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 2:00 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion...Updated
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
200 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

.UPDATE...

More organized line of convection that entered northwest Georgia
earlier this morning has become more random in nature and scattered
showers and thunderstorms continue to develop across the forecast
area. Best coverage will spread west to east across the area through
the afternoon. Instability has remained somewhat limited as
temperatures have been tempered by abundant cloudcover through the
morning. Should continue to see good coverage of storms through the
afternoon with a gradual diminishing trend as we push toward evening.
I have adjusted temperatures and POPs to fit current and expected
trends through the evening.

20

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 734 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016/

PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 347 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016/

SHORT TERM /Today through Wednesday/...
While the broad ridge off the southeast CONUS has contributed an
elevated warm layer to help suppress convective development through
the holiday weekend...an upper shortwave and more enhanced moisture
field traversing the area from the west should provide enough
forcing and instability to trigger more widespread showers and
storms today. Median SBCAPE values from short term ensemble guidance
gets us in the 1500-2000 J/kg range and thermal profiles indicate
PWATs upwards of 2.0 inches this afternoon so hydrometeor loading
could have extra aid with downdrafts. Main threats therefore are
looking to be gusty winds up to 45 mph...brief heavy rainfall...and
frequent lightning. The greatest chance today will be mainly along
and north of a LaGrange to Warrenton line where the best forcing
looks to be. Southeast portions of the area may still be fighting
against the ridge to limit updrafts and stronger development. This
however is where the afternoon temps/dewpts result in heat indices
reaching 105 degrees therefore a heat advisory has been issued from
noon until 6 PM across east Central GA.

Wednesday may be a similar story as a secondary impulse couples with
the aforementioned first piece of energy to still aid in convective
forcing. Have not gone likely pops but general 40% chance area-wide
since ridge to southeast should be weaker and any lingering
boundaries from Tuesday development may locally enhance triggering
pretty much anywhere in the CWA. Temps...while still warm...should
stay under heat advisory levels due to more widespread cu field
limiting peak diurnal heating.

Baker

LONG TERM /Wednesday Night through Monday/...
Long Range models show good agreement with weak disturbances
keeping a chance of showers and possibly a few thunderstorms in
the forecast across north GA Wednesday night and into Thursday. At
this time... models are exiting these disturbances east by
Thursday afternoon with increased ridging and a weak northwest
flow aloft developing by Thursday evening. The west to northwest
flow should push some drier air into the forecast area for Friday
and help hold afternoon convection down to more isolated in
coverage. This appears to be short-lived as a low pressure system
pushes across the Great Lakes region Friday night and drags a
frontal boundary into the TN Valley region by Saturday morning.
Although confidence of the front sagging into the state is low to
medium for this time of year... models are currently showing the
front slipping into at least north GA on Saturday and helping to
provide a focus for afternoon convection. The stalled boundary...
coupled with an active west to northwest flow aloft will warrant
showing a chance of showers and thunderstorms over the weekend and
into the first of next week. Otherwise... expecting slightly
warmer than normal temperatures to prevail... with highs generally
in the 90s and lows in the 70s... except 80s and 60s respectively
in the mountains.

39

&&

AVIATION...
18Z Update...

Generally VFR conditions expected outside of convection through 06Z.
Will likely see at least scattered areas of MVFR or lower
visibilities and possibly ceilings developing between 06Z and 12Z.
Confidence is not high enough to include any restrictions at the TAF
sites except for periods associated with scattered convection.
Scattered convection through 00Z with a diminishing trend after.
There is a good chance for increasing coverage of showers and
thunderstorms across the northwest again between 08Z and 14Z with
scattered convection areawide after 14Z. Winds will remain southwest
to west 8-12KT w/ gusts 16-20KT through 00Z...diminishing to 3-8KT
after.

//ATL Confidence...18Z Update...

High for wind speeds/direction outside of convection...Medium all
other elements.

20

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Athens          94  73  94  74 /  70  40  40  30
Atlanta         89  74  91  75 /  70  30  40  30
Blairsville     82  68  86  68 /  70  40  40  30
Cartersville    86  72  90  73 /  70  30  40  30
Columbus        91  75  94  75 /  50  30  40  20
Gainesville     90  73  90  73 /  70  40  40  30
Macon           94  75  96  75 /  50  30  40  20
Rome            82  73  91  73 /  70  30  40  30
Peachtree City  90  72  92  72 /  70  30  40  30
Vidalia         96  77  96  77 /  40  20  40  20

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Heat Advisory until 6 PM EDT this evening FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: Baldwin...Bibb...Bleckley...Crawford...Crisp...Dodge...
Dooly...Emanuel...Glascock...Greene...Hancock...Houston...
Jasper...Jefferson...Johnson...Jones...Laurens...Macon...
Monroe...Montgomery...Peach...Pulaski...Putnam...Taliaferro...
Telfair...Toombs...Treutlen...Twiggs...Warren...Washington...
Wheeler...Wilcox...Wilkes...Wilkinson.

&&

SHORT TERM...20
LONG TERM....41
AVIATION...20

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 3:27 AM EDT, 11 hours 5 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, 2 hours 59 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, 1 hour 50 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, 1 hour 1 minute 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

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:02 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

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

GAZ078-079-089-051830-
MUSCOGEE GA-HARRIS GA-TALBOT GA-
202 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MUSCOGEE...
SOUTHEASTERN HARRIS AND SOUTHWESTERN TALBOT COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM
EDT...

AT 202 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER UPATOI...OR 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HAMILTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 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
UPATOI...BAUGHVILLE...MIDLAND AND BOX SPRINGS.

LAT...LON 3267 8465 3258 8458 3253 8461 3253 8465
      3252 8468 3252 8470 3251 8472 3250 8483
      3262 8483
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 266DEG 20KT 3257 8478

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:03 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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

GAZ032-033-043>045-055-051830-
DEKALB GA-COBB GA-NORTH FULTON GA-SOUTH FULTON GA-CLAYTON GA-
DOUGLAS GA-
203 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DEKALB...SOUTHEASTERN COBB...
NORTH FULTON...SOUTH FULTON...NORTHWESTERN CLAYTON AND NORTHEASTERN
DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT...

AT 201 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR UNION CITY...OR 11
MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOUGLASVILLE...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 THIS STORM INCLUDE
ATLANTA...DOUGLASVILLE...DECATUR...SANDY
SPRINGS...SMYRNA...DUNWOODY...EAST POINT...UNION CITY...FOREST
PARK...COLLEGE PARK...FAIRBURN...CHAMBLEE...
DORAVILLE...CLARKSTON...HAPEVILLE...STONE
MOUNTAIN...PALMETTO...AVONDALE ESTATES...LITHONIA AND PINE LAKE.

LAT...LON 3372 8476 3395 8431 3370 8409 3365 8426
      3365 8428 3364 8428 3353 8463
TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 248DEG 26KT 3367 8457

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:32 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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

GAZ034-045>047-051900-
DEKALB GA-GWINNETT GA-ROCKDALE GA-WALTON GA-
232 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN DEKALB...SOUTHERN
GWINNETT...NORTHEASTERN ROCKDALE AND NORTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTIES
UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

AT 232 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LILBURN TO NEAR LAKEVIEW ESTATES...AND MOVING
EAST AT 35 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 THESE STORMS INCLUDE
LAWRENCEVILLE...SNELLVILLE...LILBURN...LOGANVILLE...GRAYSON...WALNUT
GROVE...BETWEEN...JERSEY...LAKEVIEW ESTATES...TUCKER...MOUNTAIN
PARK...BIG HAYNES CREEK PARK...ROSEBUD...YOUTH AND WINDSOR.

LAT...LON 3384 8377 3370 8381 3370 8384 3374 8391
      3372 8392 3371 8391 3371 8393 3370 8392
      3370 8408 3388 8421 3397 8397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 264DEG 30KT 3386 8413 3374 8401

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, 1:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas, Fulton	29 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, 2:40 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.