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Flood Watch 8, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 26, 201059 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flood watch at Sep 26, 2010, 4:55 AM EDT for 59 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Sep 26, 2010, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 26, 2010, 4:55 AM EDT (08:55 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 26, 2010, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Sep 27, 2010, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Flood severity: None

All 59 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Towns County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Union County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, White County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Sep 26, 4:51 AM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 4:51 AM EDT, 4 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
Sep 26, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Monroe, Upson	38 min
Sep 26, 6:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Wilkes	20 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.