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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 16, 2013Sumter County, Webster County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2013, 5:24 AM EDT for Sumter County, Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 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 16, 2013, 5:24 AM EDT (09:24 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 2013, 6:15 AM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Sumter County, GA, Webster 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.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 15, 4:10 PM EDT, 13 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 4:10 PM EDT, 13 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 3:58 PM EDT, 13 hours 26 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
Aug 15, 11:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Wilcox	37 min
Aug 16, 8:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston, Peach, Twiggs	46 min
Aug 16, 9:19 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Peach, Twiggs	6 hr
Aug 16, 12:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	60 min
Aug 16, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Laurens	56 min
Aug 16, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair, Wheeler	63 min

Nearby

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

Sources

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