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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 13, 2011Catoosa County, Walker County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 13, 2011, 1:30 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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: May 13, 2011, 1:30 PM EDT (17:30 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2011, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Catoosa County, GA, Walker County, GA

The radar

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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 May 12, 7:52 PM EDT, 17 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 7:52 PM EDT, 17 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 4:50 PM EDT, 20 hours 40 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
May 13, 12:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	50 min
May 13, 1:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	44 min
May 13, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Whitfield	51 min
May 13, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd, Gordon, Polk	47 min
May 13, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	27 min
May 13, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	26 min
May 13, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	49 min
May 13, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer, Pickens	38 min
May 13, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin	45 min
May 13, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	50 min
May 13, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	36 min
May 13, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	65 min
May 13, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	47 min
May 13, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee	42 min
May 13, 6:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris	20 min
May 13, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.