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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 14, 2019Lumpkin County, Towns County, White County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 14, 2019, 6:13 PM EDT for Lumpkin County, Towns County, White County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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
Apr 14, 2019, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2019, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
50

Counties Lumpkin County, GA, Towns County, GA, White County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2019-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 413 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2019-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 390 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
413 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
390 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
373 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
4.4

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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 Apr 14, 3:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 3:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
339 PM EDT Sun Apr 14 2019

...Another round of severe storms possibly developing in north
Georgia late afternoon into evening...

.SHORT TERM /Rest of today through Monday Night/...

While the first prefrontal wave of precip and embedded
severe/tornado potential is exiting over portions of east central
Georgia, the next focus will be with possible convective
redevelopment along a confluence zone in north GA/central TN. SPC
has this area in a meso discussion to where the shear and
some increasing instability with previous clearing could allow for
another round of strong to severe storms capable of hail, damaging
winds, and tornadoes. The HRRR and Nam Nest models have
consistently indicated such convection occurring over the last 2
days of runs. Cannot rule out another Tornado Watch in the next
hour or two.

Otherwise drier air will build in tonight through Monday Night
into midweek as a strong ridge builds in.

Baker

&&

.LONG TERM /Tuesday through Saturday/...

Forecast looks largely on track with next storm system still in
the late Thurs/Friday period and lingering upper trough influence
going into the weekend. No changes made and previous discussion
follows...

Baker

.LONG TERM /Monday Night through Saturday/...
Extended forecast starts with high pressure over the area, lasting
through mid week. Next system moves in late Thursday, and have
backed off pops Wednesday given the slightly later model
solutions. Strong frontal system looks well organized and brings
the next chance for severe storms. SPC already highlighting the
area for Day 6 and 7 severe threat risk, and so this system will
certainly be the forecast concern through the latter half of the
week.

A secondary wave swings through the long-wave trough Friday night
into Saturday, keeping chance pops in the forecast. High pressure
returns to the state late Saturday. Saturday, expect the coolest
temperatures for the week, with highs only in the 60s, and lows
largely in the mid to upper 40s by Sunday morning.

31

&&

.AVIATION...
18Z Update...
Storms and rain in first round exiting east, where will need to
watch some redevelopment here in the next few hours across mainly
the northern sites. Cannot rule out strong to severe storms given
the environment and will update TAFs once trends are assessed if
need to add TS or higher winds. Otherwise cu mainly in the
2500-5000 ft range. Could again have MVFR cigs overnight in the
north then scatter out for Monday. Enhanced SW to west winds 14-18
kts gusting 22-28 kts then slightly lower Monday out of the WNW.

//ATL Confidence...18Z Update...
Medium on redevelopment of additional storms for northern sites
this afternoon into evening.
Medium on overnight cigs.
High on all else.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Athens          76  45  67  45 / 100  30   0   0
Atlanta         76  45  66  48 / 100  30   0   0
Blairsville     71  37  59  40 / 100  40   0   0
Cartersville    78  42  65  45 / 100  30   0   0
Columbus        79  47  71  48 / 100  20   0   0
Gainesville     74  44  64  45 / 100  30   0   0
Macon           79  47  69  46 / 100  20   0   0
Rome            77  42  66  44 /  90  30   0   0
Peachtree City  78  43  68  45 / 100  20   0   0
Vidalia         83  52  72  49 /  80  40   0   0

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Tornado Watch until 7 PM EDT this evening for the following
zones: Baldwin...Dodge...Emanuel...Glascock...Greene...Hancock...
Jefferson...Johnson...Laurens...Madison...Montgomery...
Oglethorpe...Taliaferro...Telfair...Toombs...Treutlen...Warren...
Washington...Wheeler...Wilkes...Wilkinson.

Wind Advisory until 10 PM EDT this evening for the following
zones: 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.

&&

SHORT TERM...Baker
LONG TERM....31/Baker
AVIATION...Baker
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 5:58 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
558 PM EDT Sun Apr 14 2019

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-152200-
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-
558 PM EDT Sun Apr 14 2019

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight...

A line of showers and thunderstorms has redeveloped across
portions of north Georgia. Some stronger storms embedded within
this line could be strong to severe, and produce damaging wind
gusts and small hail. A brief tornado also cannot be ruled out
at this time. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect for
north Georgia until 10 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday...

Another front will move across the state Thursday and Friday
bringing another chance of thunderstorms to the area.

.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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 7:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade42 min
Apr 14, 7:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Dade, Walker41 min
Apr 14, 7:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd47 min
Apr 14, 8:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Walker, Whitfield30 min
Apr 14, 8:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield32 min
Apr 14, 9:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard, Troup25 min
Apr 14, 9:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee48 min
Apr 14, 9:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk17 min
Apr 14, 10:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard, Troup33 min
Apr 14, 10:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding34 min
Apr 14, 10:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot45 min
Apr 14, 10:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth30 min
Apr 14, 10:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot, Upson48 min
Apr 14, 11:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Heard, Troup36 min
Apr 14, 11:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns, Union34 min
Apr 14, 11:17 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCLamar, Pike, Talbot, Upson28 min
Apr 14, 11:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton28 min
Apr 14, 11:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Lamar, Pike, Spalding35 min
Apr 14, 11:53 AM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatFFCButts, Henry, Spalding14 min
Apr 14, 11:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Dawson, DeKalb, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton and 1 more32 min
Apr 14, 12:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton, Rockdale, Walton24 min
Apr 14, 12:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Jackson, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale and 1 more42 min
Apr 14, 12:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Twiggs24 min
Apr 14, 12:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Taylor34 min
Apr 14, 12:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth33 min
Apr 14, 12:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Lumpkin, Towns, Union30 min
Apr 14, 12:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, DeKalb29 min
Apr 14, 12:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson47 min
Apr 14, 12:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter28 min
Apr 14, 12:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Jackson36 min
Apr 14, 12:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin, Towns, White34 min
Apr 14, 12:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly16 min
Apr 14, 1:01 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCGwinnett29 min
Apr 14, 1:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin, White26 min
Apr 14, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs, Wilcox50 min
Apr 14, 1:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Hall, Jackson26 min
Apr 14, 1:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock36 min
Apr 14, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Jackson32 min
Apr 14, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren33 min
Apr 14, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Pulaski31 min
Apr 14, 2:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair, Wilcox36 min
Apr 14, 2:16 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDodge, Telfair, Wilcox29 min
Apr 14, 2:29 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski, Wilcox17 min
Apr 14, 2:41 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler34 min
Apr 14, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens30 min
Apr 14, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens27 min
Apr 14, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen25 min
Apr 14, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox23 min
Apr 14, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson25 min
Apr 14, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen33 min
Apr 14, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge31 min
Apr 14, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler23 min
Apr 14, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson16 min
Apr 14, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel23 min
Apr 14, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs28 min
Apr 14, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel12 min
Apr 14, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion26 min
Apr 14, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Pickens30 min
Apr 14, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee28 min
Apr 14, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs10 min
Apr 14, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion13 min
Apr 14, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Lumpkin, Towns, Union and 1 more44 min
Apr 14, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs27 min
Apr 14, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas, Fulton34 min
Apr 14, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Dawson31 min
Apr 14, 6:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDawson, Lumpkin6 hr
Apr 14, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton33 min
Apr 14, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite29 min
Apr 14, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion27 min
Apr 14, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fayette23 min
Apr 14, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett33 min
Apr 14, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett23 min
Apr 14, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Jackson36 min
Apr 14, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett18 min
Apr 14, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts30 min
Apr 14, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson31 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.