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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 25, 2011Wilkes County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Sep 25, 2011, 12:27 PM EDT for Wilkes County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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: Sep 25, 2011, 12:27 PM EDT (16:27 UTC)
Expired: Sep 25, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Wilkes County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:29 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 Sep 25, 10:32 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 10:32 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 25, 5:37 AM EDT, 6 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
537 AM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-260945-
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-
537 AM EDT SUN SEP 25 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.SYNOPSIS...
STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA AND VARIOUS
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM CONVECTION SATURDAY WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS
FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
GEORGIA TODAY AS VARIOUS BOUNDARIES AND AMPLE MOISTURE REMAINS IN
PLACE. BEST CHANCES FOR ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE ALONG
AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM AMERICUS TO AUGUSTA. WITH CAPE VALUES IN
THE 1000 TO 1500 J/KG RANGE...AND LIFTED INDEX VALUES AROUND
-2...INSTABILITY IS SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. ANY DEVELOPING CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE
WITH THUNDERSTORMS...AND ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THE AREA CAN HANDLE 3 OR
MORE INCHES OF RAIN...LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 25, 12:27 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
Sep 25, 12:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes	47 min
Sep 25, 1:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilkes	49 min
Sep 25, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	28 min
Sep 25, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	39 min
Sep 25, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	38 min
Sep 25, 2:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	37 min
Sep 25, 2:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson	35 min
Sep 25, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	50 min
Sep 25, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson, Johnson, Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler	32 min
Sep 25, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson, Warren	21 min
Sep 25, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson, Johnson	48 min
Sep 25, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	29 min
Sep 25, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	27 min
Sep 25, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	23 min
Sep 25, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro	30 min
Sep 25, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	27 min
Sep 25, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	25 min
Sep 25, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Putnam	29 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.