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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 21, 2013, 8:14 PM EDT for Banks County, Hall County, Jackson 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
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 2013, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2013, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Banks County, GA, Hall County, GA, Jackson County, GA
The radar
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The text
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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 Jul 21, 7:35 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 7:35 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 652 AM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-221100- 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- 652 AM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. DISCUSSION... THE UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND WEAK LOW PRESSURE IN THE MID ATLANTIC COAST REGION WILL ROTATE AROUND ITSELF WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE OVER THE AREA WILL CONTRIBUTE LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL COMING FROM THE STORMS AS THEY PASS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED EACH DAY...DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 5:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 527 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 GAZ053-067-212200- 527 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN MERIWETHER AND COWETA COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT... AT 523 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SAINT MARKS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. TREES CAN EASILY COME DOWN IN THESE WINDS WITH ALREADY WET SOIL. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING MAY ALSO DEVELOP WITH THIS STORM. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS MERIWETHER AND COWETA COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE SAINT MARKS...LONE OAK...LUTHERSVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT AND WOOSTER. && LAT...LON 3332 8471 3312 8458 3304 8486 3321 8487 TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 243DEG 13KT 3314 8482
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 5:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 532 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 GAZ053-054-212200- 532 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS AND PEA SIZED HAIL IN COWETA AND FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT... AT 528 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NEWNAN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. TREES CAN EASILY COME DOWN IN THESE WINDS WITH ALREADY WET SOIL. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING MAY ALSO DEVELOP WITH THIS STORM. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS COWETA AND FAYETTE COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE NEWNAN...MADRAS...TYRONE...SANDY CREEK...PEACHTREE CITY...THOMAS CROSSROADS...CANNONGATE...TURIN AND SHARPSBURG. && LAT...LON 3353 8456 3333 8450 3328 8486 3343 8485 TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 252DEG 11KT 3338 8479
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 5:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
549 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
GAZ053-054-067-212215-
549 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS
IN MERIWETHER...COWETA AND FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...
AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF HARALSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH. TREES CAN EASILY COME DOWN IN THESE WINDS WITH ALREADY WET SOIL.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING MAY ALSO DEVELOP WITH THIS STORM.
WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS
MERIWETHER...COWETA AND FAYETTE COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE HARALSON...SENOIA...LAKE
HORTON...INMAN...WOOLSEY...BROOKS AND STARRS MILL.
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LAT...LON 3331 8475 3334 8451 3343 8453 3345 8439
3345 8438 3342 8440 3341 8439 3336 8440
3332 8438 3326 8443 3325 8451 3323 8450
3316 8465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 236DEG 19KT 3325 8469Special weather statement, Jul 21, 6:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall | 25 min |
| Jul 22, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 28 min |
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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.