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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 16, 20115 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 16, 2011, 3:52 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 53 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, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Washington County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 16, 3:37 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 3:37 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 11:25 AM EDT, 4 hours 27 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, 2 hours 56 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

Special weather statement, May 16, 1:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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

GAZ061-062-073>076-083>086-095>098-107-109>113-161900-
158 PM EDT MON MAY 16 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL IN WHEELER...
WASHINGTON...WARREN...TWIGGS...TREUTLEN...TOOMBS...TELFAIR...
PULASKI...MONTGOMERY...LAURENS...JOHNSON...WILKINSON...BALDWIN...
BLECKLEY...DODGE...EMANUEL...GLASCOCK...HANCOCK...HOUSTON AND
JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

AT 154 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING PEA SIZED
HAIL ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS WHEELER...WASHINGTON...WARREN...
TWIGGS...TREUTLEN...TOOMBS...TELFAIR...PULASKI...MONTGOMERY...
LAURENS...JOHNSON...WILKINSON...BALDWIN...BLECKLEY...DODGE...
EMANUEL...GLASCOCK...HANCOCK...HOUSTON AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES
THROUGH 300 PM EDT.

&&

LAT...LON 3251 8379 3253 8372 3268 8368 3267 8360
      3284 8351 3293 8336 3304 8340 3342 8284
      3329 8229 3318 8224 3283 8231 3280 8213
      3256 8207 3236 8224 3218 8218 3193 8222
      3196 8248 3185 8276 3181 8306
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 290DEG 17KT 3253 8300

Special weather statement, May 16, 2:58 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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

GAZ074-076-083>086-096>098-109-111>113-162000-
258 PM EDT MON MAY 16 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 35
MPH WINDS IN WHEELER...WASHINGTON...TWIGGS...TREUTLEN...
TOOMBS...MONTGOMERY...LAURENS...JOHNSON...WILKINSON...BLECKLEY...
DODGE...EMANUEL AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

AT 254 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PEA TO NICKEL
SIZED HAIL OVER THE EASTERN PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE UP TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL
AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS WHEELER...WASHINGTON...
TWIGGS...TREUTLEN...TOOMBS...MONTGOMERY...LAURENS...JOHNSON...
WILKINSON...BLECKLEY...DODGE...EMANUEL AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES
THROUGH 400 PM EDT.

&&

LAT...LON 3236 8224 3218 8218 3191 8222 3196 8248
      3192 8264 3214 8296 3209 8299 3226 8327
      3260 8354 3298 8321 3301 8314 3295 8307
      3308 8305 3320 8285 3312 8258 3321 8254
      3320 8224 3283 8231 3282 8215 3266 8207
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 288DEG 14KT 3295 8266

Special weather statement, May 16, 3:52 PM EDT, 0 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 16, 12:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Dodge, Houston, Peach and 4 more	64 min
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, 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.