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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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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</html>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 8641Special 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 8584The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 40 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.