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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 28, 2011Talbot County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Sep 28, 2011, 9:28 AM EDT for Talbot County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 28, 2011, 9:28 AM EDT (13:28 UTC)
Expired
Sep 28, 2011, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Talbot County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:31 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 Sep 27, 7:40 PM EDT, 13 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 7:40 PM EDT, 13 hours 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 27, 11:30 AM EDT, 21 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1130 AM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011

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089>098-102>113-281530-
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-
1130 AM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS NORTH
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.SYNOPSIS...
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY
AND SLOWLY MEANDER SOUTHWARD OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY.

.DISCUSSION...
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS PUSHED INTO THE PEACH STATE...LOCATED
ALONG A LINE FROM ATHENS TO LAGRANGE. BEST MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITIES WILL REMAIN OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND MOST LIKELY
AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
CARROLLTON TO WARRENTON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE NORTH
OF THIS LINE...BUT GENERALLY SOUTH OF A ROME TO ATHENS LINE. WITH
CAPE VALUES BETWEEN 1500 AND 2000 J/KG ACROSS CENTRAL
GEORGIA...AND LIFTED INDEX VALUES BETWEEN -2 AND -4...A FEW STORMS
MAY BE STRONG...AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE.
POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS...AND ALTHOUGH
MOST AREAS SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE 2 TO 3 INCHES OR
MORE...LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND EARLY THURSDAY.

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 28, 8:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Stewart49 min
Sep 28, 9:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley, Sumter, Webster50 min
Sep 28, 9:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart22 min
Sep 28, 10:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart25 min
Sep 28, 10:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter, Webster42 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2011Every 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.