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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 11, 2013Bleckley County, Pulaski County, Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2013, 6:50 PM EDT for Bleckley County, Pulaski County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jul 11, 2013, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2013, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Bleckley County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

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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 Jul 11, 3:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 3:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 12:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1255 PM EDT THU JUL 11 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-121015-
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-
1255 PM EDT THU JUL 11 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA...

AMPLE MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE
GROUND IS SATURATED AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO FLOODING
OR FLASH FLOODING. RESIDENTS ARE URGED NOT TO LET THEIR GUARD DOWN
DURING THIS PROLONGED CONVECTIVE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL PERIOD.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER
FLOODING ACROSS NORTH AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA WHERE HEAVY
RAINS HAVE FALLEN FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
AVERAGING AROUND ONE HALF INCH TO AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
AREA... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. WHILE THIS AMOUNT OF
RAIN IS NOT PARTICULARLY HIGH... SOILS ARE EXTREMELY SATURATED AND
RIVER LEVELS ARE HIGH... THUS IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH TO PRODUCE
ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS TO 45 MPH... AND WITH SATURATED SOILS... IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH
WIND TO DOWN TREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL THROUGH THE WEEK AND INTO THIS WEEKEND WILL
NOT BE AS PROLONGED OR WIDESPREAD AS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FOR THE
PAST FEW DAYS...THERE WILL STILL BE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS PLANNING OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO
WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 11, 3:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 11, 3:47 PM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 6:44 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 6:47 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 6:50 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
650 PM EDT THU JUL 11 2013

GAZ096-097-105>109-112330-
650 PM EDT THU JUL 11 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN WILCOX...PULASKI...
LAURENS...BLECKLEY...CRISP...DODGE AND DOOLY COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM
EDT...

AT 646 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM MONTROSE TO DOUBLE
RUN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS
WILCOX...PULASKI...LAURENS...BLECKLEY...CRISP...DODGE AND DOOLY
COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND PULASKI STATE PRISON...WALLACE...
MOBLEY CROSSING...HARTFORD...HAWKINSVILLE...EAST CRISP...TREMONT...
HATLEY...TIPPETTVILLE...MONTROSE...GOLDSBORO...COCHRAN...PLEASANT
VIEW...SEVILLE AND BAILEYS PARK. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR
FLOODING.

THE HIGH RAIN TOTALS SEEN THUS FAR THIS SEASON HAS RESULTED IN
PERSISTENT WET SOILS FOR AREA TREES. THIS WILL ALLOW THESE TREES TO
FALL DUE TO WINDS MUCH LOWER THAN IN A TYPICAL SEASON...AS LOW AS 30
MPH IN SOME CASES.

&&

LAT...LON 3209 8369 3260 8319 3267 8283 3229 8315
      3211 8333 3184 8338 3185 8360 3180 8362
      3180 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 267DEG 12KT 3257 8312 3228 8340
          3210 8358 3182 8361

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 8:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Murray, Walker, Whitfield	52 min
Jul 10, 8:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	49 min
Jul 10, 9:09 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	4 hr
Jul 10, 9:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade, Walker	50 min
Jul 10, 9:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Dade	4 hr
Jul 10, 10:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade, Walker	43 min
Jul 10, 10:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Dade, Walker	52 min
Jul 10, 11:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	43 min
Jul 11, 12:15 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dade	24 hr
Jul 11, 12:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	30 min
Jul 11, 2:04 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Gordon, Murray, Walker and 1 more	6 hr
Jul 11, 3:58 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	FFC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 73 more	24 hr
Jul 11, 6:18 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Whitfield	41 hr
Jul 11, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	46 min
Jul 11, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Taylor	46 min
Jul 11, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart, Webster	43 min
Jul 11, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper, Putnam	49 min
Jul 11, 7:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Jasper, Morgan, Putnam	4 hr
Jul 11, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Laurens, Wilcox	26 min

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Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2013 Every special weather statement in 2013

Sources

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