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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 19, 2013Floyd County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 19, 2013, 6:27 AM EDT for Floyd County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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: Apr 19, 2013, 6:27 AM EDT (10:27 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2013, 7:00 AM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Floyd 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 Apr 19, 4:29 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 4:29 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 6:18 AM EDT, 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
618 AM EDT FRI APR 19 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-201200-
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-
618 AM EDT FRI APR 19 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE REGION TODAY...ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. SOME
STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH THE MOSTLY LIKELY HAZARDS BEING STRONG
GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL...LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. IF GREATER
SURFACE INSTABILITY IS REALIZED WITH THIS SYSTEM THAN IS CURRENTLY
FORECAST...THERE WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS THAT COULD
PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGE. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS MORNING IF WIND
SPEEDS APPROACH CRITICAL THRESHOLDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTERS SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT IN CASE CONDITIONS CHANGE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 4:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 19, 5:19 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
519 AM EDT FRI APR 19 2013

GAZ001>003-011-190945-
519 AM EDT FRI APR 19 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN WALKER...
CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA AND DADE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 AM EDT...

AT 515 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES WEST OF CHATTANOOGA TO 7 MILES
WEST OF CLOUDLAND...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

ISOLATED AREAS OF WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS
MOVE ACROSS WALKER...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA AND DADE COUNTIES THROUGH
545 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN...WILDWOOD...RISING FAWN...CLOUDLAND CANYON STATE
PARK...CHATTANOOGA VALLEY...CEDAR GROVE...CLOUDLAND...LAKEVIEW...
FAIRVIEW...MENLO...FORT OGLETHORPE...CHICKAMAUGA...CHATTOOGAVILLE
AND BOYNTON.

&&

LAT...LON 3432 8546 3433 8548 3472 8557 3499 8541
      3499 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 0918Z 271DEG 19KT 3504 8532 3450 8559

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 5:43 AM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 19, 6:14 AM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 19, 6:22 AM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
622 AM EDT FRI APR 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0603 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 WSW SUMMERVILLE       34.48N 85.36W
04/19/2013                   CHATTOOGA          GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ONE TREE DOWN ACROSS HWY 48 NEAR BACK BERRYTON RD

&&

SNELSON

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 6:27 AM EDT, 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
Apr 19, 4:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade, Walker	42 min
Apr 19, 5:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	26 min
Apr 19, 5:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Walker	32 min
Apr 19, 6:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	40 min
Apr 19, 6:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Whitfield	31 min
Apr 19, 6:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	28 min
Apr 19, 7:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	23 min
Apr 19, 11:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	24 min
Apr 19, 11:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	26 min
Apr 19, 12:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	32 min
Apr 19, 12:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	31 min
Apr 19, 12:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Monroe	35 min
Apr 19, 1:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	30 min
Apr 19, 1:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan, Newton	28 min
Apr 19, 1:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Walton	35 min
Apr 19, 1:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Jasper, Jones	29 min
Apr 19, 1:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Morgan, Walton	24 min
Apr 19, 1:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Wilkes	42 min
Apr 19, 1:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Peach, Twiggs	39 min
Apr 19, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Twiggs	30 min
Apr 19, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Pulaski	36 min
Apr 19, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	44 min
Apr 19, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	34 min
Apr 19, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson, Laurens	24 min
Apr 19, 3:18 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	FFC	Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Coweta and 20 more	17 hr
Apr 19, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson	38 min

Nearby

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Sources

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