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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 14, 2017Pickens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2017, 1:02 PM EDT for Pickens 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: Jun 14, 2017, 1:02 PM EDT (17:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2017, 1:30 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 50

County Pickens County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1192 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 20 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 Jun 14, 5:33 AM EDT, 7 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 5:33 AM EDT, 7 hours 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 5:37 AM EDT, 7 hours 25 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
537 AM EDT Wed Jun 14 2017

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-150945-
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-
537 AM EDT Wed Jun 14 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight...

Scattered thunderstorms are expected across north and central
Georgia today and tonight. A few of the storms could become
strong with the primary threats being gusty winds, frequent
lightning and heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday...

Scattered thunderstorms will be possible across the entire area
Thursday. A few of the storms may become severe with the potential
to produce damaging wind gusts...hail...lightning...and heavy
rainfall.

Scattered thunderstorms will continue to be possible Friday through
Tuesday, mainly during the afternoon and evening.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 1:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
102 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2017

GAZ007-013-014-141730-
Gilmer GA-Dawson GA-Pickens GA-
102 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN GILMER...WESTERN DAWSON
AND PICKENS COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM EDT...

At 102 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Cartecay, or 7 miles
southeast of Ellijay...moving south at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...up to penny sized hail...frequent
           cloud to ground lightning and heavy rain.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
           light...unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
           street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Jasper, Talking Rock, Sequoyah Lake, Cartecay, Lake Tamarack,
Marblehill, Tate and Roy.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3466 8448 3465 8433 3441 8426 3443 8459
TIME...MOT...LOC 1702Z 003DEG 9KT 3459 8442

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...50MPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 9:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	23 min
Jun 13, 10:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	25 min
Jun 13, 10:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	29 min
Jun 13, 10:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton	25 min
Jun 13, 10:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	28 min
Jun 14, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	28 min
Jun 14, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Towns	31 min
Jun 14, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	29 min
Jun 14, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	26 min
Jun 14, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Union	31 min
Jun 14, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Union	35 min
Jun 14, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	25 min
Jun 14, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Union	23 min
Jun 14, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall, Jackson	36 min
Jun 14, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	32 min
Jun 14, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks	30 min
Jun 14, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin	35 min
Jun 14, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	28 min
Jun 14, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	26 min
Jun 14, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Madison	38 min
Jun 14, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin	24 min
Jun 14, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Madison	30 min
Jun 14, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pickens	28 min
Jun 14, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens	27 min
Jun 14, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer	34 min
Jun 14, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer	22 min
Jun 14, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb	35 min
Jun 14, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	31 min
Jun 14, 7:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson	37 min
Jun 14, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb	21 min
Jun 14, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	24 min
Jun 14, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee	26 min
Jun 14, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	34 min
Jun 14, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Paulding	31 min

Nearby

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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.