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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 22, 2011Lamar County, Monroe County, Upson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Dec 22, 2011, 6:43 PM EST for Lamar County, Monroe County, Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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: Dec 22, 2011, 6:43 PM EST (23:43 UTC)
Expired: Dec 22, 2011, 7:30 PM EST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Lamar County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Upson County, GA

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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 Dec 22, 6:25 PM EST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 6:25 PM EST, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 2:42 PM EST, 4 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
242 PM EST THU DEC 22 2011

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-230945-
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-
242 PM EST THU DEC 22 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID EVENING OVER
NORTH GEORGIA...MAINLY WEST OF A BLAIRSVILLE TO ATLANTA TO COLUMBUS
LINE. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING
OVER MIDDLE GEORGIA...MAINLY WEST OF AN WASHINGTON TO EASTMAN LINE.

.SYNOPSIS...
RICH MOISTURE AHEAD OF A STRONG STORM SYSTEM SHOULD PROVIDE
SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL
BE FROM 4 PM UNTIL 9 PM.

.DISCUSSION...
RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND UNUSUALLY STRONG VERTICAL WIND SHEAR
IN THE LOW LEVELS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW LINEAR OR QUASI-
LINEAR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE INSTABILITY
IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE TONIGHT AND SHOULD PRECLUDE THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...
SEVERE STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP THROUGH MID EVENING COULD PRODUCE A
BRIEF TORNADO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION ACROSS AREAS WEST OF BLAIRSVILLE TO ATLANTA TO
COLUMBUS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH ABOUT 9 PM THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 22, 6:10 PM EST, 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 22, 6:18 PM EST, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 22, 6:29 PM EST, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 22, 6:33 PM EST, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 22, 6:35 PM EST, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 22, 6:43 PM EST, 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
Dec 21, 9:11 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 47 more	11 hr
Dec 22, 8:04 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 47 more	116 min
Dec 22, 3:51 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd, Haralson, Polk	39 min
Dec 22, 4:14 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	61 min
Dec 22, 4:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson, Polk	32 min
Dec 22, 4:34 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Towns, Union	26 min
Dec 22, 4:37 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray and 2 more	53 min
Dec 22, 4:39 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard, Troup	66 min
Dec 22, 4:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Floyd, Gordon	23 min
Dec 22, 4:56 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	34 min
Dec 22, 5:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gordon	32 min
Dec 22, 5:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard	45 min
Dec 22, 5:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Murray, Pickens	25 min
Dec 22, 5:29 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Pickens	31 min
Dec 22, 5:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Troup	43 min
Dec 22, 5:36 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	24 min
Dec 22, 5:40 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether	35 min
Dec 22, 5:44 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether	46 min
Dec 22, 6:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson	43 min
Dec 22, 6:08 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall	37 min
Dec 22, 6:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Pike, Spalding	49 min
Dec 22, 6:35 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion, Schley, Taylor	25 min
Dec 22, 6:35 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hall	27 min
Dec 22, 6:58 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Jackson, Madison and 1 more	47 min

Nearby

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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.