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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 21, 2012Jefferson County, Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jan 21, 2012, 2:59 PM EST for Jefferson County, Washington 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: Jan 21, 2012, 2:59 PM EST (19:59 UTC)
Expired: Jan 21, 2012, 3:30 PM EST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Jefferson County, GA, Washington County, GA

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The text

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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 Jan 21, 12:59 PM EST, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 12:59 PM EST, 2 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 21, 12:14 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 21, 1:59 PM EST, 1 hour before

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Local storm report, Jan 21, 2:15 PM EST, 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 21, 2:32 PM EST, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 21, 2:32 PM EST, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 21, 2:34 PM EST, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 21, 2:59 PM EST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
259 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012

GAZ074-076-212030-
259 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS
IN WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EST...

AT 257 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM GRANGE TO TENNILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS WASHINGTON
AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EST. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH
OF THE STORM INCLUDE DOWNS...SANDERSVILLE...GRANGE...TENNILLE...
STAPLETONS CROSSROADS...RIDDLEVILLE...DAVISBORO...LOUISVILLE...
WADLEY...MOXLEY AND BARTOW.

A TORNADO 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3285 8230 3281 8237 3282 8239 3281 8242
      3289 8301 3300 8285 3314 8267 3312 8265
      3312 8258 3318 8258 3313 8227 3304 8228
      3293 8227
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 280DEG 35KT 3310 8257 3298 8272
          3293 8280

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 21, 7:19 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Douglas, Fulton	41 min
Jan 21, 8:00 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Douglas, Fulton	45 min
Jan 21, 8:18 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	27 min
Jan 21, 8:43 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas, Newton, Rockdale	47 min
Jan 21, 8:56 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield	34 min
Jan 21, 9:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin, Union	33 min
Jan 21, 9:47 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	43 min
Jan 21, 10:04 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Douglas, Fulton	41 min
Jan 21, 10:19 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Carroll, Douglas	4 hr
Jan 21, 10:22 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	38 min
Jan 21, 10:24 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson	36 min
Jan 21, 10:43 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth, Hall	32 min
Jan 21, 10:50 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	5 hr
Jan 21, 10:50 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale, Walton	40 min
Jan 21, 10:59 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson, Paulding	46 min
Jan 21, 11:07 AM EST	Flash Flood Watch	FFC	Barrow, Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb and 13 more	4 hr
Jan 21, 11:22 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton	38 min
Jan 21, 11:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Jackson, Madison	33 min
Jan 21, 11:28 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Douglas, Fulton	47 min
Jan 21, 11:32 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oconee, Walton	28 min
Jan 21, 11:32 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Douglas, Fulton	28 min
Jan 21, 11:34 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Coweta, Heard	41 min
Jan 21, 11:44 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton	46 min
Jan 21, 11:57 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether, Troup	33 min
Jan 21, 12:04 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Clayton	2 hr
Jan 21, 12:16 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	28 min
Jan 21, 12:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Upson	49 min
Jan 21, 12:29 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe, Wilkes	46 min
Jan 21, 12:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Clayton, Henry, Spalding	52 min
Jan 21, 12:43 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	32 min
Jan 21, 1:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Upson	45 min
Jan 21, 1:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Newton	40 min
Jan 21, 1:11 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	34 min
Jan 21, 1:20 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Harris	40 min
Jan 21, 1:30 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	30 min
Jan 21, 1:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Putnam, Washington and 1 more	46 min
Jan 21, 1:57 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Talbot	32 min
Jan 21, 1:59 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	31 min
Jan 21, 2:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee	25 min
Jan 21, 2:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Upson	34 min
Jan 21, 2:21 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Hancock, Washington, Wilkinson	39 min
Jan 21, 2:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Peach, Taylor	48 min
Jan 21, 2:32 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	28 min
Jan 21, 2:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley	46 min
Jan 21, 3:06 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon, Taylor	39 min
Jan 21, 3:07 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Jefferson, Washington	38 min
Jan 21, 3:20 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Houston, Peach, Twiggs	25 min
Jan 21, 3:28 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Macon	47 min
Jan 21, 3:53 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dooly, Houston	37 min
Jan 21, 4:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson	60 min
Jan 21, 4:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion	43 min
Jan 21, 4:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Pulaski, Wilcox	42 min
Jan 21, 4:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Houston	18 min
Jan 21, 4:29 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	31 min
Jan 21, 4:36 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Pulaski	24 min
Jan 21, 4:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Stewart, Webster	62 min
Jan 21, 4:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge	41 min
Jan 21, 4:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion, Schley, Sumter	39 min
Jan 21, 5:24 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler	66 min
Jan 21, 5:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair, Wheeler	48 min
Jan 21, 5:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Wilcox	15 min
Jan 21, 5:39 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	66 min
Jan 21, 5:50 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair, Wilcox	40 min
Jan 21, 6:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler	33 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.