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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 14, 2016Haralson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2016, 7:50 PM EDT for Haralson County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2016, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Haralson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -285 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1301 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -39 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 Jul 14, 7:35 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 7:35 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 7:50 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 50 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, 2 hours 55 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

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
556 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

GAZ080-091>093-142245-
MARION GA-MACON GA-TAYLOR GA-SCHLEY GA-
556 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MARION...
NORTHWESTERN MACON...SOUTHWESTERN TAYLOR AND NORTHWESTERN SCHLEY
COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 555 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
NORTHEAST OF BUENA VISTA TO SOUTH OF BUTLER TO NEAR IDEAL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 5 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
IDEAL...RUPERT...GARDEN VALLEY...MAUK...CHARING AND TAZEWELL.

LAT...LON 3253 8443 3253 8418 3239 8401 3230 8423
      3236 8436 3236 8448
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 233DEG 5KT 3240 8439 3241 8430 3236 8421

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 6:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 6:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:50 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
Jul 14, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	60 min
Jul 14, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	35 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

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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.