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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 15, 2013Gilmer County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jan 15, 2013, 8:41 PM EST for Gilmer County, Georgia. It was in force for 4 hr. 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 15, 2013, 8:41 PM EST (01:41 UTC)
Expired: Jan 16, 2013, 12:30 AM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Gilmer County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 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 Jan 15, 6:54 PM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 6:54 PM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 15, 4:55 PM EST, 3 hours 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 15, 8:41 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
Jan 16, 5:44 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gordon, Murray, Whitfield	4 days
Jan 16, 10:41 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	23 hr
Jan 16, 10:41 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton	23 hr
Jan 16, 11:09 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd, Gordon	4 days
Jan 16, 1:56 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Towns	26 hr
Jan 16, 1:56 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gilmer	25 hr
Jan 16, 2:44 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 26 more	13 hr

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.