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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 20, 2013Oconee County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2013, 8:28 PM EDT for Oconee County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 2013, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2013, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe 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 20, 7:50 PM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 7:50 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 4:20 AM EDT, 16 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
420 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-210830-
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-
420 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013

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

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

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING.

DISCUSSION...
A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ALONG WITH AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW MOVING
NORTH OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE
ADDITIONAL INSTABILITY PROVIDED BY DAYTIME HEATING. WITH PRECIPITABLE
WATER VALUES INCREASING TO AROUND 2 INCHES...THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL
BE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE. INSTABILITY WILL
BE MODERATE BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING WITH
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH THE PRIMARY THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY. WITH SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE MAIN HAZARDS
WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 6:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
639 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013

GAZ006-008-202330-
639 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN UNION AND FANNIN
COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

AT 633 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER JONES CREEK...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.
MOTORISTS SHOULD PROCEED WITH CAUTION FOR POSSIBLE STREET FLOODING
AND PONDING OF ROADWAYS. THOSE IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD ALSO USE
CAUTION FOR ANY FLOODING.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 2 INCHES ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE
FALLEN RECENTLY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE
ACROSS UNION AND FANNIN COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND HURST...
JONES CREEK...MORGANTON...HEMP AND LOVING. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION
AS INTENSE RAINFALL WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3498 8416 3492 8404 3485 8394 3471 8398
      3471 8399 3478 8419 3499 8432
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 191DEG 5KT 3480 8406
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 6:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 7:29 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 7:36 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 20, 7:46 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 8:28 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler24 min
Jul 21, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon35 min
Jul 21, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp35 min
Jul 21, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley30 min
Jul 21, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin34 min
Jul 21, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether33 min
Jul 21, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta28 min
Jul 21, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette26 min
Jul 21, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette38 min
Jul 21, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton30 min
Jul 21, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry30 min
Jul 21, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Clayton, Henry, Spalding41 min
Jul 21, 7:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton6 hr

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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.