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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 16, 201110 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 16, 2011, 12:56 PM EDT for 10 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 64 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 16, 2011, 12:56 PM EDT (16:56 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2011, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Houston County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 16, 9:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 9:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 11:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1125 AM EDT MON MAY 16 2011

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-171000-
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-
1125 AM EDT MON MAY 16 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...AND COULD
GIVE NORTHERN SECTIONS A CHANCE OF SEEING A FEW SHOWERS. CENTRAL
SECTIONS OF GEORGIA...HOWEVER...COULD SEE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IF
ENOUGH HEATING TAKES PLACE TO START CONVECTION. THE AMOUNT OF CLOUD
COVER WILL BE THE LIMITING FACTOR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 16, 12:56 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1256 PM EDT MON MAY 16 2011

GAZ080>084-093>097-105-107-109-161800-
1256 PM EDT MON MAY 16 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL IN TWIGGS...
PULASKI...PEACH...LAURENS...WILKINSON...MACON...TAYLOR...BIBB...
BLECKLEY...CRAWFORD...DODGE...DOOLY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM
EDT...

AT 1254 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED SHOWERS THAT WERE PRODUCING PEA SIZED HAIL OVER PARTS OF
CENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS TWIGGS...
PULASKI...PEACH...LAURENS...WILKINSON...MACON...TAYLOR...BIBB...
BLECKLEY...CRAWFORD...DODGE...DOOLY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES THROUGH 200
PM EDT.

&&

LAT...LON 3220 8370 3255 8432 3293 8371 3289 8366
      3287 8356 3284 8352 3292 8337 3291 8305
      3286 8303 3286 8299 3281 8296 3274 8294
      3271 8296 3271 8286 3205 8308
TIME...MOT...LOC 1654Z 307DEG 18KT 3261 8337

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Bleckley, Dodge, Emanuel, Glascock, Hancock and 13 more	62 min
May 16, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery and 6 more	62 min
May 16, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Washington	53 min
May 16, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Emanuel, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson and 3 more	42 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2011 Every special weather statement in 2011

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.