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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 17, 2011, 5:25 PM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 50 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
- Jun 17, 2011, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2011, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Bibb County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Peach County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Twiggs County, GA
The radar
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Jun 17, 3:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 3:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 414 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-181000- 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- 414 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON... AND INTERACT WITH A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .DISCUSSION... A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL TRACK ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS AS THE IMPULSES MOVE ACROSS THE STATE DURING DAYTIME HEATING. THEREFORE...EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...WITH THE STRONGER STORMS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON...TO MACON... TO ABBEVILLE. ALTHOUGH MOST STORMS WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...CAPE VALUES BETWEEN 2000 AND 2500 J/KG AND LIFTED INDEX VALUES APPROACHING -8 SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:56 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
457 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011
GAZ093>095-105-172145-
457 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN PEACH...MACON...DOOLY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT...
AT 448 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MACON AND NORTH DOOLY
COUNTIES...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS PEACH...MACON...DOOLY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT.
BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3240 8423 3240 8419 3250 8413 3251 8411
3252 8405 3250 8402 3252 8401 3252 8403
3257 8376 3214 8366 3211 8398
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 265DEG 9KT 3232 8399Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:10 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
514 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NNE CARROLLTON 33.60N 85.06W
06/17/2011 CARROLL GA BROADCAST MEDIA
WSB-TV RELAYED A VIEWER REPORT OF A DOWNED POWERLINE IN A
YARD.
&&
TDPSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 5:25 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
525 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011
GAZ058>060-071>073-080>083-094-095-172215-
525 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 TO 50 MPH WINDS IN
TWIGGS...PUTNAM...PEACH...MONROE...JONES...TAYLOR...BALDWIN...BIBB...
BUTTS...CRAWFORD...HOUSTON AND JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...
AT 522 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
BAND OF STRONG WINDS FROM FROM MCELHENEYS CROSSROADS TO
NAKOMIS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AS THEY MOVE ACROSS
TWIGGS...PUTNAM...PEACH...MONROE...JONES...TAYLOR...BALDWIN...BIBB...
BUTTS...CRAWFORD...HOUSTON AND JASPER COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT.
THESE WINDS ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED TREE
LIMBS.
&&
LAT...LON 3284 8393 3332 8388 3334 8330 3294 8331
3290 8341 3279 8335 3262 8342 3253 8408
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 273DEG 36KT 3325 8380 3282 8382
3251 8397The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 9:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Heard, Polk | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Haralson | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 25 min |
| Jun 17, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry, Pike and 2 more | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly, Macon | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Butts, Crawford, Jasper, Monroe, Peach and 1 more | 20 min |
| Jun 17, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Morgan, Oconee, Walton | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Peach, Twiggs | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Twiggs | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Putnam | 24 min |
| Jun 17, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Jackson | 25 min |
| Jun 17, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wilkinson | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson, Taliaferro and 3 more | 25 min |
| Jun 17, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 43 min |
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