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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 12, 2013Spalding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 12, 2013, 7:49 PM EDT for Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
Aug 12, 2013, 7:49 PM EDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2013, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Spalding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 29 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2013-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1856 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2013-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1856 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Aug 12, 7:41 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 7:41 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
741 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

.UPDATE...
HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS SITUATED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CWFA
THIS EVENING...WITH A LEE TROUGH IN THE EAST. MAINLY OUTFLOW
DRIVEN CONVECTION CONTINUES THIS EVENING. THE ATMOS REMAINS
UNSTABLE...BUT ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH IN STRENGTH AND
COVERAGE WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. HAVE UPPED POPS ACROSS CENTRAL
GA TO REFLECT CURRENT RADAR TRENDS. HAVE ALSO TWEAKED HOURLY
TEMPS/DEWS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 325 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013/

SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
UPPER HIGH REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE SOUTHEAST...WHILE AN UPPER LOW
REMAINS OVER SOUTHEAST CANADA. AS THE SHORT TERM PROGRESSES...A
SHORTWAVE ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE LOW WILL DEEPEN THE TROUGH...
FORCING THE UPPER HIGH TO RETROGRADE BACK TOWARD TE SOUTHERN PLAINS.
AS THE UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS...IT WILL PUSH A FRONT AHEAD OF IT INTO
THE SOUTHEAST...MAKING IT INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA BY THE END OF THE
SHORT TERM. SYNOPTIC GUIDANCE IS IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT...THOUGH
THE NAM IS ON THE STRONG SIDE OF SOLUTIONS. GFS AND ECMWF PRETTY
CLOSE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK ON THE GFS.

WITH PW VALUES REMAINING NEAR 2 INCHES AND WITH VERY WEAK WESTERLY
FLOW ALOFT...SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...FORCED MAINLY BY DIURNAL HEATING AND WEAK
RIPPLES IN THE FLOW ALOFT. SHOULD SEE A DIURNAL LULL TONIGHT BUT AS
THE SURFACE FRONT APPROACHES SHOULD SEE AN INCREASE IN ACTIVITY
TUESDAY MORNING. AS HAS BEEN THE CASE THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...MAIN
THREAT BOTH WITH TONIGHT AND TOMORROW WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND
OF COURSE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. LUCKILY THERE IS ENOUGH FLOW ALOFT
TO KEEP STORMS MOVING...ALBEIT SLOWLY...BUT THERE IS ALWAYS THE
POSSIBILITY THAT A STORM MAY GET STUCK ON TERRAIN. HOWEVER...WITH
THE FRONT IN THE VICINITY ON TUESDAY ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

TOOK A BIAS-CORRECTED BLEND FOR TEMPERATURES WITH ONLY MINOR
ADJUSTMENTS. HIGHS TOMORROW SHOULD BE COOLER THAN TODAY BUT THEN
AGAIN THAT MAY DEPEND ON HOW MUCH IT RAINS THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH
WOULD OF COURSE KEEP TEMPS DOWN. IN ANY CASE...FOR THE MOST PART
THROUGH THE SHORT TERM TEMPS SHOULD BE AT TO JUST SLIGHTLY BELOW
NORMAL...WITH THE BEGINNING OF A COOLING TREND TOWARD THE END OF THE
PERIOD.

AS THE DEEP UPPER TROUGH DIGS TOWARD THE EASTERN SEABOARD...HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE FRONT. THIS IS JUST BARELY HINTED
AT WITH SLOWLY LOWERING DEWPOINTS LATE IN THE PERIOD AND COOLER LOWS
FOR TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WITH THE CONFLUENT FLOW
ALOFT...ONCE THE APPROACHING HIGH CLEARS THE APPALACHIANS...IT WILL
BEGIN TO RIDGE DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD IN A HYBRID CAD SETUP.
AGAIN...THROUGH THE SHORT TERM WE SEE ONLY THE BEGINNING HINTS OF
THIS...BUT WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS INTO THE EXTENDED.

TDP

LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
SOME TWEAKS MADE TO POPS TO ACCOUNT FOR BETTER POSSIBILITY OF
CONVECTION CLOSER TO FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.
OTHERWISE CURRENT EXTENDED FORECASTS LOOK ON TRACK.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 406 AM EDT MON AUG 12 2013/
LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
GFS AND ECMWF MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THROUGH THE
EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD. A COLD FRONT FROM THE MID ATLANTIC
STATES THROUGH THE TN VALLEY SHOULD GRADUALLY MOVE SOUTH INTO GA
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE VERY MOIST TROPICAL AIRMASS OVER
GA...PWS AROUND 2 INCHES...WILL COMBINE WITH A SERIES OF UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING OVER AND PARALLEL TO THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. A BROAD
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION IS EXPECTED TO
DEEPEN OVER THE MS RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. AS THIS
OCCURS THE SURFACE FRONT SHOULD REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER
SOUTH GA. THE CLOUDY AND WET PATTERN SHOULD CONTINUE WITH SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY OVER THE STATE THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
SIGNIFICANT QPF AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER
CENTRAL GA DURING THE END OF THE WEEK WITH AROUND 1 INCH OVER
NORTH GA. NEAR SEASONAL TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL LOWER 5 TO
10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL DURING THE DAY THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY DUE
TO CLOUDS AND RAIN.

16

&&

.AVIATION...
00Z UPDATE...
OUTFLOW DRIVEN CONVECTION CONTINUES ACROSS CENTRAL GA THIS
EVENING. ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND STRENGTH WITH
THE LOSS OF HEATING. WILL KEEP TEMPO GROUP IN ATL UNTIL 02Z.
MODELS ARE PROGGING MVFR CIGS OVERNIGHT...AND 18Z NAM12 SOUNDINGS
DO SUPPORT THIS. DIURNALLY DRIVEN CU/CONVECTION AGAIN TOMORROW.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...00Z UPDATE...
MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON OVERNIGHT CIGS. HIGH CONFIDENCE REMAINING
ELEMENTS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          71  90  70  86 /  60  60  30  40
ATLANTA         72  87  70  86 /  60  60  30  40
BLAIRSVILLE     68  84  64  81 /  40  60  40  40
CARTERSVILLE    70  87  68  86 /  50  60  40  40
COLUMBUS        74  91  73  90 /  60  50  30  40
GAINESVILLE     71  86  70  84 /  50  60  40  40
MACON           71  91  71  89 /  60  50  30  40
ROME            71  87  68  86 /  40  60  40  40
PEACHTREE CITY  71  87  70  87 /  60  60  30  40
VIDALIA         75  93  73  87 /  50  40  30  40

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

.UPDATE...NLISTEMAA
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 12:42 PM EDT, 7 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1242 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-131645-
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-
1242 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. THE GREATER CHANCES WILL BE ACROSS NORTH
GEORGIA AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING.

DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL GRADUALLY APPROACH NORTH
GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE
WITH DIURNAL HEATING AND A VERY MOIST TROPICAL AIRMASS TO PRODUCE
THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH
POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING.

DISCUSSION...
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTH GEORGIA BY WEDNESDAY
AND SETTLE OVER SOUTH GEORGIA BY THURSDAY. THIS SURFACE BOUNDARY
COMBINED WITH UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL
PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ACROSS THE
CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
MONITORED CLOSELY FOR POTENTIAL FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING THROUGH THE WEB BY
GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 12, 6:56 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
656 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

GAZ052-053-066-122330-
656 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN TROUP...COWETA
AND HEARD COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

AT 654 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FRANKLIN...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. TREES CAN
COME DOWN EASILY WITH ALREADY WET SOIL.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS TROUP...
COWETA AND HEARD COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE FRANKLIN...HARRISONVILLE...POWERS
CROSSROADS AND CORINTH.

&&

LAT...LON 3338 8482 3313 8494 3314 8520 3333 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 265DEG 10KT 3322 8509
Local storm report, Aug 12, 7:04 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
704 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 SSW CLEVELAND         34.53N 83.80W
08/12/2013                   WHITE              GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WHITE COUNTY EMA RELAYED A REPORT OF WATER OVER THE
            ROAD...UP TO 8 INCHES OF WATER OVER HWY 115. THE EMA ALSO
            REPORTED A COUPLE OF CULVERTS WERE WASHED OUT ON HWY 284
            OFF OF 115. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 4 INCHES FELL IN
            THIS AREA.

&&

AGIBBS
Special weather statement, Aug 12, 7:13 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
713 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

GAZ042-044-053-054-122345-
713 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN CARROLL...
COWETA...FAYETTE AND FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

AT 708 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM PLANT YATES TO 10 MILES WEST OF MORELAND...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. TREES CAN COME DOWN EASILY WITH ALREADY WET
SOIL. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING MAY ALSO DEVELOP WITH
THESE STORMS. THOSE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!

WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS
CARROLL...COWETA...FAYETTE AND FULTON COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE PLANT YATES...
WHITESBURG...ARNCO-SARGENT...DUNAWAY GARDENS...ROSCOE...NEWNAN...
MADRAS...MORELAND...THOMAS CROSSROADS...PALMETTO...CANNONGATE...
SHARPSBURG...TYRONE...PEACHTREE CITY AND TURIN.

&&

LAT...LON 3358 8463 3341 8457 3329 8461 3325 8488
      3337 8482 3334 8497 3350 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 255DEG 24KT 3348 8487 3336 8484
          3325 8489
Special weather statement, Aug 12, 7:44 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
744 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

GAZ072-073-082>084-130015-
744 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS
IN TWIGGS...JONES...WILKINSON...BALDWIN AND BIBB COUNTIES UNTIL 815
PM EDT...

AT 742 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FRANKLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
TREES CAN COME DOWN EASILY WITH ALREADY WET SOIL. FREQUENT CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING MAY ALSO DEVELOP WITH THIS STORM. THOSE OUTDOORS
SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!

WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS TWIGGS...
JONES...WILKINSON...BALDWIN AND BIBB COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE DRY BRANCH...
FRANKLINTON...CROSS KEYS...GRISWOLDVILLE...MOUNTAIN SPRINGS AND
MYRICKS MILL.

&&

LAT...LON 3296 8334 3276 8334 3275 8360 3287 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 250DEG 10KT 3282 8351
Special weather statement, Aug 12, 7:46 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
746 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

GAZ055-057-130015-
746 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PENNY SIZED HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS
IN HENRY AND CLAYTON COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

AT 745 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BONANZA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PENNY SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
HENRY AND CLAYTON COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE IRONDALE...JW SMITH RESERVOIR...BONANZA...
ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY...LOVEJOY...LAKE SPIVEY...HAMPTON...EAGLES
LANDING...FLIPPEN...BLACKSVILLE AND MCDONOUGH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3350 8442 3351 8441 3353 8421 3342 8410
      3334 8421 3334 8425 3335 8425 3335 8436
      3336 8440 3341 8439 3343 8440 3345 8438
      3347 8438
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 279DEG 13KT 3345 8435
Special weather statement, Aug 12, 7:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
749 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

GAZ056-130015-
749 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS
IN SPALDING COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

AT 745 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GRIFFIN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
SPALDING COUNTY THROUGH 815 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM INCLUDE EXPERIMENT...HIGHLAND MILLS...GRIFFIN AND WALKER
MILL. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3328 8432 3332 8415 3330 8412 3325 8412
      3320 8413 3320 8432
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 254DEG 14KT 3324 8422

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 8:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee43 min
Aug 11, 9:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Jackson36 min
Aug 12, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield32 min
Aug 12, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Fulton26 min
Aug 12, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon37 min
Aug 12, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon64 min
Aug 12, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee36 min
Aug 12, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene32 min
Aug 12, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee35 min
Aug 12, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite29 min
Aug 12, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite66 min
Aug 12, 4:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCLumpkin, White6 hr
Aug 12, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan28 min
Aug 12, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Morgan43 min
Aug 12, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas26 min
Aug 12, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding65 min
Aug 12, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton43 min
Aug 12, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll33 min
Aug 12, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard34 min
Aug 12, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta32 min
Aug 12, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette46 min
Aug 12, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones31 min
Aug 12, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry29 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.