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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 22, 2013Washington County, Georgia

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

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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, Jul 22, 4:50 AM EDT, 13 hours 12 minutes before
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.

&&

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 8273

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson31 min
Jul 21, 9:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Hall25 min

Nearby

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

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.