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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 13, 2012, 5:44 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Fulton 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
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The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2012, 5:44 PM EDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA
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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 13, 4:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 4:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 505 PM EDT TUE MAR 13 2012 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-141100- 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- 505 PM EDT TUE MAR 13 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS GEORGIA WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING TO NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. .DISCUSSION... A SHORT WAVE WILL PASS OVER THE STATE THIS EVENING. WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S HAVE ALLOWED CAPE VALUES TO INCREASE INTO THE 1300 TO 1700 RANGE. ALSO LIFTED INDEX VALUES OF -3 TO -5 PREVAIL. THIS WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY...ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA ON THURSDAY...AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT. 16
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Special weather statement, Mar 13, 4:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 518 PM EDT TUE MAR 13 2012 GAZ032-033-045-132145- 518 PM EDT TUE MAR 13 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL IN COBB...DEKALB AND FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT... AT 513 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER VININGS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS COBB...DEKALB AND FULTON COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SMYRNA...VININGS...BOLTON... ATLANTIC STATION...CHASTAIN MEMORIAL PARK...PIEDMONT PARK... MIDTOWN...BUCKHEAD...LA VISTA...BROOKHAVEN...DECATUR...DRUID HILLS... CHAMBLEE AND VIRGINIA HIGHLAND. 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 3394 8429 3375 8430 3381 8456 3389 8454 TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 274DEG 13KT 3386 8447
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 5:44 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
544 PM EDT TUE MAR 13 2012
GAZ032-033-045>048-132215-
544 PM EDT TUE MAR 13 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN WALTON...ROCKDALE...NEWTON...COBB...DEKALB AND FULTON COUNTIES
UNTIL 615 PM EDT...
AT 539 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM BIG HAYNES CREEK PARK TO BOLTON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED
HAIL...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH
AS THEY MOVE ACROSS WALTON...ROCKDALE...NEWTON...COBB...DEKALB AND
FULTON COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF
THESE STORMS INCLUDE BUCKHEAD...LA VISTA...PINE
LAKE...SCOTTDALE...DECATUR...STONE MOUNTAIN...CLARKSTON...DRUID
HILLS...BOLTON...VIRGINIA HIGHLAND...ATLANTIC STATION...PIEDMONT
PARK...AVONDALE ESTATES...MIDTOWN AND BIG HAYNES CREEK PARK.
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 3382 8454 3385 8436 3383 8413 3376 8403
3381 8394 3366 8366 3367 8408 3370 8441
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 303DEG 9KT 3376 8395 3377 8427
3379 8449The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 9:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 22 min |
| Mar 13, 9:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 29 min |
| Mar 13, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 37 min |
| Mar 13, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 27 min |
| Mar 13, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 35 min |
| Mar 13, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 37 min |
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