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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 22, 2013Jackson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 22, 2013, 9:28 PM EDT for Jackson County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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, 9:28 PM EDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2013, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Jackson County, GA

The radar

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The text

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 8:43 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
843 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013

GAZ024-025-027-230115-
843 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH
WINDS IN MADISON...BANKS AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM EDT...

AT 839 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PEACH STATE SPEEDWAY...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE NICKEL SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
MADISON...BANKS AND JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ARCADE...JEFFERSON...
PEACH STATE SPEEDWAY...APPLE VALLEY...NICHOLSON...COMMERCE...BANKS
CROSSING...SANFORD...FIVE POINTS...HARRISON...POCATALIGO...NEESE...
ILA AND DANIELSVILLE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3425 8333 3427 8330 3425 8325 3425 8319
      3425 8316 3426 8314 3426 8313 3410 8308
      3404 8361 3421 8366 3429 8336
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 257DEG 18KT 3415 8352

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 8:54 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 9:28 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 8:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jackson, Madison	32 min
Jul 22, 8:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Jackson, Madison	43 min
Jul 22, 8:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Hall	51 min
Jul 22, 9:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall, Jackson	34 min
Jul 22, 9:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	35 min
Jul 22, 10:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jackson, Madison	35 min
Jul 22, 10:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Banks, Jackson, Madison	6 hr
Jul 23, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion	32 min
Jul 23, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	25 min
Jul 23, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee	37 min
Jul 23, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter, Webster	26 min
Jul 23, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	23 min
Jul 23, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly, Schley	33 min
Jul 23, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Wilcox	23 min

Nearby

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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.