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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 26, 2011Oconee County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 26, 2011, 8:14 PM EDT for Oconee County, Oglethorpe 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

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2011, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2011, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe 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 Jun 26, 7:55 PM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 7:55 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 5:30 AM EDT, 14 hours 44 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 7:39 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
739 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011

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

0635 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 S CANTON              34.14N 84.49W
06/26/2011                   CHEROKEE           GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            LARGE TREE DOWN ON N. VICTORIA RD

&&

ML
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:40 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
740 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011

GAZ008-009-015-016-023>025-034>037-047-049-270030-
740 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN WHITE...WALTON...
UNION...TOWNS...OCONEE...MORGAN...LUMPKIN...BANKS...BARROW...
CLARKE...GWINNETT...HALL AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM EDT...

AT 733 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM BRASSTOWN BALD TO HARBIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS WHITE...WALTON...UNION...TOWNS...OCONEE...MORGAN...LUMPKIN...
BANKS...BARROW...CLARKE...GWINNETT...HALL AND JACKSON COUNTIES
THROUGH 830 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS
INCLUDE WINDSOR...YOUTH...NICHOLASVILLE...WALNUT GROVE...
LOGANVILLE...BOLD SPRINGS...BETWEEN...CHATEAU ELAN...COUNTY LINE...
THOMPSONS MILL...CARL...AUBURN...HARBIN...HOG MOUNTAIN AND REST
HAVEN. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED FOR WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...
HAIL LESS THAN THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3480 8367 3450 8365 3444 8362 3450 8353
      3446 8339 3425 8333 3408 8340 3400 8326
      3373 8330 3370 8340 3355 8338 3344 8354
      3363 8371 3379 8398 3386 8389 3413 8406
      3428 8393 3443 8400 3499 8393 3499 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 293DEG 28KT 3485 8377 3452 8370
          3391 8377
Local storm report, Jun 26, 7:42 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
742 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011

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

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SW CANTON             34.18N 84.57W
06/26/2011                   CHEROKEE           GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            LARGE TREE BLOCKING GAULT RD

&&

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:44 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
744 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011

GAZ057-059-060-072-270015-
744 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN PUTNAM...JONES...
HENRY AND JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

AT 739 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH OF NORTH ALCOVY TO SOUTHWEST OF
TURTLE COVE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS PUTNAM...JONES...HENRY AND JASPER COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE TURTLE COVE...
NORTH ALCOVY...EUDORA...CALVIN...MCELHENEYS CROSSROADS...FARRAR...
MONTICELLO...ADGATEVILLE...SHADY DALE...PIEDMONT...HILLSBORO...
BRADLEY...WAYSIDE...ROUND OAK AND RESSEAUS CROSSROADS. BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED FOR WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...
HAIL LESS THAN THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3319 8343 3293 8367 3294 8369 3303 8372
      3313 8382 3325 8381 3337 8386 3340 8397
      3337 8387 3340 8383 3345 8392 3342 8396
      3347 8395 3342 8384 3350 8371 3348 8368
      3352 8368 3343 8353 3348 8333
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 295DEG 36KT 3363 8377 3336 8387
          3317 8404
Local storm report, Jun 26, 7:45 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
745 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011

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

0635 PM     HAIL             CHAMBLEE                33.89N 84.30W
06/26/2011  E0.25 INCH       DEKALB             GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

0635 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHAMBLEE                33.89N 84.30W
06/26/2011                   DEKALB             GA   PUBLIC

            ONE DOWNED TREE CAUSED DAMAGE TO A HOUSE AND TRUCK.

0705 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CUMMING                 34.21N 84.14W
06/26/2011                   FORSYTH            GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            9-10 TREES DOWN.

&&

SNELSON
Local storm report, Jun 26, 7:50 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston23 min
Jun 26, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam36 min
Jun 26, 8:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon26 min
Jun 26, 8:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Putnam50 min
Jun 26, 8:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart31 min
Jun 26, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Houston, Peach25 min
Jun 26, 8:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe39 min
Jun 26, 8:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster35 min
Jun 26, 8:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson34 min
Jun 26, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Butts, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe62 min
Jun 26, 9:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Houston, Twiggs27 min
Jun 26, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler24 min
Jun 26, 9:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Greene, Hancock, Madison, Morgan, Oconee and 3 more62 min
Jun 26, 9:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter36 min
Jun 26, 9:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson46 min
Jun 26, 10:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Wheeler29 min
Jun 26, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen27 min
Jun 26, 10:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Wilcox28 min
Jun 26, 10:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair31 min
Jun 26, 10:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs27 min
Jun 26, 10:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Emanuel, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs and 2 more49 min
Jun 26, 11:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery51 min
Jun 27, 9:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot45 min
Jun 27, 9:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion26 min
Jun 27, 10:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot21 min
Jun 27, 10:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot23 min
Jun 27, 11:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot41 min
Jun 27, 11:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot27 min
Jun 27, 12:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot32 min
Jun 27, 12:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Paulding52 min
Jun 27, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor37 min
Jun 27, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas25 min
Jun 27, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor49 min
Jun 27, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton28 min
Jun 27, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fayette30 min
Jun 27, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether51 min
Jun 27, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding24 min
Jun 27, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup33 min
Jun 27, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris29 min
Jun 27, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray31 min
Jun 27, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris35 min
Jun 27, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Pickens49 min
Jun 27, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee38 min
Jun 27, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb26 min
Jun 27, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett46 min
Jun 27, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart43 min
Jun 27, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes46 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.