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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 18, 2011Heard County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 18, 2011, 6:59 PM EDT for Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 2011, 6:59 PM EDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2011, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Heard County, GA

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 18, 3:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 3:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 2:51 PM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
251 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-190945-
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-
251 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE.

.SYNOPSIS...
ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK ACROSS MAINLY NORTH
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...AND WITH VARIOUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MOVING
IN FROM STORM OVER TENNESSEE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE LATE 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 UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL TRACK ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
TODAY AND SUNDAY. DAYTIME HEATING AND NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
WILL FUEL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT... MAINLY BETWEEN 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON AND 10 PM THIS EVENING. CAPE VALUES BETWEEN 2000 AND 2500
J/KG...MODERATE MID LEVEL SHEAR AND LIFTED INDEX VALUES BELOW -4...
COULD SUPPORT ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS DURING MAX HEATING.
OTHERWISE... THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING
WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO
WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:46 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:52 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
652 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 W MONROE              33.79N 83.73W
06/18/2011                   WALTON             GA   911 CALL CENTER

            4 TREES DOWN WEST OF MONROE. ALSO QUARTER SIZED HAIL.

&&

DDARBE

Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:54 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:55 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:57 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:59 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
659 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

GAZ052-053-066-182330-
659 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IN TROUP...
COWETA AND HEARD COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF FROLONA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE NICKEL SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
TROUP...COWETA AND HEARD COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE EPHESUS...FROLONA...WARESVILLE...
CENTRALHATCHEE...TEXAS...GLENN...FRANKLIN...POWERS CROSSROADS...
HILLCREST...WARES CROSSROADS...HARRISONVILLE...LAGRANGE AND CORINTH.
BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3331 8484 3302 8500 3316 8525 3343 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 303DEG 30KT 3332 8532

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 8:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson, Warren, Wilkes	39 min
Jun 18, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker	49 min
Jun 18, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Murray	29 min
Jun 18, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield	48 min
Jun 18, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens, Union	52 min
Jun 18, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	51 min
Jun 18, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb	26 min
Jun 18, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray	42 min
Jun 18, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	38 min
Jun 18, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	33 min
Jun 18, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	30 min
Jun 18, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Gilmer, Pickens	42 min
Jun 18, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Paulding	50 min
Jun 18, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Walton	29 min
Jun 18, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens	30 min
Jun 18, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Haralson, Paulding	44 min
Jun 18, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield	25 min
Jun 18, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb	49 min
Jun 18, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Hall, Jackson	32 min
Jun 18, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	31 min
Jun 18, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale, Walton	25 min
Jun 18, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton	41 min
Jun 18, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson	46 min
Jun 18, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	28 min
Jun 18, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	52 min
Jun 18, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan, Walton	33 min
Jun 18, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Morgan, Walton	40 min
Jun 18, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Newton, Rockdale	37 min
Jun 18, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Douglas, Fulton	46 min
Jun 18, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe	38 min
Jun 18, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry	51 min
Jun 18, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Oglethorpe	30 min
Jun 18, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	43 min
Jun 18, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Fulton	15 min
Jun 18, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes	36 min
Jun 18, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Warren	14 min
Jun 18, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren	50 min
Jun 18, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Hancock	44 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.