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Heat Advisory 3, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 2, 200650 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this heat advisory at Aug 2, 2006, 6:12 PM EDT for 50 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Aug 3, 2006, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2006, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 3, 2006, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Aug 3, 2006, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 50 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Schley County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Aug 2, 3:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 3:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 4:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
445 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-030930-
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-
445 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...AND HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 100 DEGREES WILL GRADUALLY
LOWER THIS EVENING.

.SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH
IN THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE AROUND 100
DEGREES LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

.DISCUSSION...
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION WHILE THE RIDGE
OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT MAINTAINS ITS STRENGTH.  SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 45 MPH...HOWEVER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

ADDITIONALLY...SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO THE MID 70S
COMBINING WITH AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S WILL PUSH HEAT
INDEX VALUES TO AROUND 100 DEGREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...MAINLY IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALSO...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RISE OVER 100
DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
418 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006

GAZ027-022045-
418 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL...50 MPH WINDS...
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IN MADISON
COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

AT 416 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES WEST OF PAOLI...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
MADISON COUNTY THROUGH 445 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM INCLUDE PAOLI AND COMER. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS.
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
459 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006

GAZ049-060-022130-
459 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHERN PUTNAM AND SOUTHERN
MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

AT 454 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES SOUTH OF REIDS CROSSROADS
...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG STROM WAS CENTERED 5 MILES
EAST OF PENNINGTON IN SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY...ALSO MOVING SLOWLY
WEST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS PUTNAM AND
MORGAN COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM INCLUDE REIDS CROSSROADS...PENNINGTON AND GODFREY. VERY
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 5:29 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
529 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006

GAZ049-059-060-022200-
529 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IN PUTNAM...JASPER AND MORGAN COUNTIES
UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

AT 528 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED NEAR GODFREY...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS PUTNAM...JASPER
AND MORGAN COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM INCLUDE REIDS CROSSROADS...GODFREY...PENNINGTON...FARRAR
AND SHADY DALE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 6:02 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
602 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006

GAZ042-022230-
602 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IN CARROLL COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM
EDT...

AT 557 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES SOUTH OF CARROLLTON. THE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS CARROLL COUNTY
THROUGH 630 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
CARROLLTON. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.