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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 14, 2016Dade County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2016, 4:55 PM EDT for Dade County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 14, 2016, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2016, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Dade County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1468 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1468 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 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 14, 3:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 3:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 12:55 PM EDT, 4 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1255 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-151700-
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-
1255 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL TENNESSEE INTO
NORTHWEST ALABAMA CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY AND MOVE EAST. THESE
STORMS WILL SPREAD INTO NORTH GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH WIND GUSTS TO
NEAR 60 MPH AND INTENSE LIGHTNING ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THE
BEST TIME FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FROM 4 PM TO 8
PM...AND GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN TO JASPER TO
HELEN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON
FRIDAY. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 20. ANY SEVERE STORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT

.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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:00 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
400 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

GAZ001>003-142100-
DADE GA-CATOOSA GA-WALKER GA-
400 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DADE...NORTHWESTERN CATOOSA AND
NORTHWESTERN WALKER COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

AT 357 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING FROM NEAR
WHITWELL TENNESSEE TO NORTHWEST OF GUNTERSVILLE ALABAMA...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...35 TO 45 MPH WIND PRECEDING RAIN OR LIGHTNING.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STRONG
           WINDS WILL OCCUR BEFORE ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING. DO NOT
           WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. EXPECT
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE TRENTON...FORT
OGLETHORPE...ROSSVILLE...CHICKAMAUGA...LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN... RISING
FAWN...LAKEVIEW...CHATTANOOGA  VALLEY...CLOUDLAND CANYON STATE
PARK...COOPER HEIGHTS...NEW ENGLAND...COLE CITY...MORGANVILLE...
WILDWOOD...HOOKER...FAIRVIEW...STEPHENSVILLE AND EAST RIDGE.

LAT...LON 3459 8553 3498 8560 3499 8516
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 286DEG 30KT 3524 8561 3440 8641
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:55 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
455 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

GAZ001>003-142130-
DADE GA-CATOOSA GA-WALKER GA-
455 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DADE...NORTHWESTERN CATOOSA AND
NORTHWESTERN WALKER COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

AT 451 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WEST OF
CHATTANOOGA TO NEAR TRENTON TO SOUTH OF STEVENSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...UP TO 40 MPH WIND...PEA SIZED HAIL AND 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. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
           KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE
           CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. ELECTRICAL
           APPLIANCES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
TRENTON...FORT OGLETHORPE...ROSSVILLE...CHICKAMAUGA...LOOKOUT
MOUNTAIN...RISING FAWN...LAKEVIEW...CHATTANOOGA VALLEY...CLOUDLAND
CANYON STATE PARK...COOPER HEIGHTS...NEW ENGLAND...COLE CITY...
MORGANVILLE...WILDWOOD...HOOKER...FAIRVIEW...STEPHENSVILLE AND EAST
RIDGE.

LAT...LON 3499 8540 3499 8521 3474 8535 3468 8555
      3498 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 297DEG 10KT 3510 8546 3486 8560 3478 8584

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade60 min
Jul 14, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor49 min
Jul 14, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock45 min
Jul 14, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot43 min
Jul 14, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson40 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.