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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2013, 12:00 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 45 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 19, 2013, 12:00 AM EDT (04:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2013, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Coweta County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
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The text
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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 18, 9:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 9:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 430 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-191015- 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- 430 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME FLASH FLOODING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. DISCUSSION... A WEDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS WEAKENING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON WITH A WARM FRONT MOVING NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA INTO NORTH GEORGIA. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING NORTH THROUGH TONIGHT. TROPICAL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE MAIN CONCERN REMAINS FLOODING ACROSS MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...SEE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH /FFAFFC/ FOR MORE DETAILS...HOWEVER MODERATE INSTABILITY AND SHEAR ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL PROVIDE A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THE STRONGER STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA CLOSE TO THE NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY DURING THE AFTERNOON PERIODS THROUGH THE MIDDLE O THE WEEK. DISCUSSION... A STATIONARY FRONT AND DEVELOPING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BECOME THE FOCUS FOR A WET PERIOD AS DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE MOVES OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR POTENTIAL FLOODING THROUGH THURSDAY. A MORE DIURNALLY DRIVEN THUNDERSTORM PATTERN MAY RETURN BY THE END OF THE WEEK. .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.
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Special weather statement, Aug 18, 9:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1041 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2013
GAZ097-108>111-190345-
1041 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN WILCOX...WHEELER...
TELFAIR...LAURENS AND DODGE COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM EDT...
AT 1039 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM AROUND
ABBEVILLE TO WORKMORE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND STREETS ACROSS WILCOX...WHEELER...
TELFAIR...LAURENS AND DODGE COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND THE
HORSE CREEK WMA...TEMPERANCE...CHINA HILL...LUMBER CITY...
BROWNING...JACKSONVILLE...WORKMORE...ABBEVILLE...RHINE...MILAN...
SPRING HILL...TOWNS...FIVE POINTS...JORDAN AND SCOTLAND.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS...FORESTLANDS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3181 8314 3191 8332 3201 8344 3213 8338
3211 8335 3213 8331 3215 8332 3218 8330
3222 8334 3235 8327 3235 8301 3230 8276
3228 8275 3231 8272 3230 8266 3216 8261
3192 8268 3179 8286 3178 8301
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 182DEG 22KT 3194 8287 3194 8302
3197 8318Special weather statement, Aug 18, 11:33 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1133 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2013
GAZ036>039-049>051-059-060-190430-
1133 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN WILKES...
TALIAFERRO...PUTNAM...OGLETHORPE...OCONEE...MORGAN...CLARKE...GREENE
AND JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM EDT...
AT 1126 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN NORTH OF A
LINE FROM SHADY DALE TO GREENSBORO AND WASHINGTON...MOVING NORTH AT
15 MPH.
RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS
WILKES...TALIAFERRO...PUTNAM...OGLETHORPE...OCONEE...MORGAN...CLARKE.
..GREENE AND JASPER COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND SHADY DALE...
EATONTON...MADISON...WATKINSVILLE...ATHENS...LEXINGTON...
GREENSBORO...CRAWFORDVILLE AND WASHINGTON. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS...FORESTLANDS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND
STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3359 8270 3351 8275 3352 8282 3344 8286
3347 8301 3351 8299 3318 8361 3359 8369
3382 8351 3391 8363 3404 8339 3400 8326
3405 8313 3401 8305 3404 8297 3398 8280
3399 8265 3387 8256 3382 8259 3365 8249
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 194DEG 13KT 3382 8259 3352 8309
3331 8349Special weather statement, Aug 19, 12:00 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1200 AM EDT MON AUG 19 2013
GAZ022-032>034-042>045-053-066-190445-
1200 AM EDT MON AUG 19 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN TROUP...CARROLL...
COBB...COWETA...DEKALB...DOUGLAS...FORSYTH...GWINNETT AND FULTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM EDT...
AT 1154 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE
OF SHOWERS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM LILBURN TO ATLANTA...
PALMETTO...NEWNAN AND GRANTVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A HALF INCH AND ONE AND A HALF INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED ACROSS TROUP...CARROLL...COBB...COWETA...DEKALB...DOUGLAS...
FORSYTH...GWINNETT AND FULTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
EDGEWOOD...KIRKWOOD...EAST LAKE...PANTHERSVILLE...GRESHAM PARK...PINE
LAKE...SCOTTDALE...AVONDALE ESTATES...DECATUR...STONE MOUNTAIN...
CLARKSTON...CAMPBELLTON...LAKEWOOD PARK...GRANT PARK-ZOO ATLANTA AND
TURNER FIELD. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3377 8487 3379 8473 3386 8472 3407 8433
3417 8406 3413 8397 3385 8411 3364 8435
3364 8446 3355 8446 3351 8461 3344 8463
3336 8459 3322 8471 3322 8484 3320 8486
3322 8487 3322 8493 3344 8499
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 201DEG 23KT 3389 8415 3370 8448
3352 8469 3321 8480The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 28 min |
| Aug 18, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly, Macon, Sumter | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 58 min |
| Aug 18, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 63 min |
| Aug 18, 9:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley, Sumter, Webster | 55 min |
| Aug 18, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 10:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Taylor | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 10:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Toombs | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 10:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Newton and 7 more | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 10:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler | 64 min |
| Aug 18, 11:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam and 2 more | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 11:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Hall and 1 more | 59 min |
| Aug 19, 12:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 63 min |
| Aug 19, 3:40 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 42 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:38 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 16 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:50 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 54 min |
| Aug 19, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 60 min |
| Aug 19, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 49 min |
| Aug 19, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 49 min |
| Aug 19, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 5:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Telfair | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 37 min |
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