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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 22, 2013, 6:02 PM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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 22, 2013, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2013, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Washington County, GA
The radar
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Jul 22, 3:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 3:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 450 AM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-230900- 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- 450 AM EDT MON JUL 22 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 VERY MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS ALONG WITH AN UPPER- LEVEL SHORT WAVE SWEEPING ACROSS THE REGION WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE ADDITIONAL INSTABILITY PROVIDED BY DAYTIME HEATING. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAINING AROUND 2 INCHES...THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE. INSTABILITY WILL BE MODERATE BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND A FEW 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 6:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
602 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
GAZ074-222230-
602 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS
IN WASHINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM EDT...
AT 556 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER TENNILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
WASHINGTON COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM INCLUDE TENNILLE...SANDERSVILLE...RIDDLEVILLE AND
DAVISBORO. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
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LAT...LON 3287 8252 3283 8282 3296 8285 3305 8262
3303 8260 3304 8259 3302 8255 3295 8254
3292 8251
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 251DEG 16KT 3292 8273The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall | 25 min |
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Sources
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