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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 19, 20137 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2013, 12:46 AM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 19, 2013, 12:46 AM EDT (04:46 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2013, 1:45 AM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Cherokee County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Hall County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA

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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 18, 9:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 9:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 4:30 PM EDT, 8 hours 16 minutes before

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 10:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 18, 10:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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 8318

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 11:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 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 8349

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 12:00 AM EDT, 46 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 8480

Local storm report, Aug 19, 12:34 AM EDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1234 AM EDT MON AUG 19 2013

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

1215 AM     FLOOD            2 WSW WRENS             33.20N 82.42W
08/19/2013                   JEFFERSON          GA   911 CALL CENTER

            911 CENTER REPORTS KELLY QUARTER ROAD IS STILL CLOSED DUE
            TO HIGH WATER AT 1215 AM.

&&

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 12:46 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1246 AM EDT MON AUG 19 2013

GAZ013>015-021>023-032>034-043>045-190545-
1246 AM EDT MON AUG 19 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN PICKENS...
LUMPKIN...CHEROKEE...COBB...DAWSON...DEKALB...DOUGLAS...FORSYTH...
GWINNETT...HALL AND FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM EDT...

AT 1237 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM FLOWERY BRANCH TO ROSWELL...VININGS AND
CAMPBELLTON...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH AND ONE AND A
HALF INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS PICKENS...LUMPKIN...CHEROKEE...
COBB...DAWSON...DEKALB...DOUGLAS...FORSYTH...GWINNETT...HALL AND
FULTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND PLEASANT HILL...EDGEWOOD...
BUCKHEAD...BUFORD DAM-LAKE LANIER PARKS...HOG MOUNTAIN...SUWANEE...
SUGAR HILL...REST HAVEN...NORCROSS...MECHANICSVILLE...DULUTH...
BUFORD...BERKELEY LAKE...LA VISTA AND KIRKWOOD. DRIVERS SHOULD USE
CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3461 8387 3451 8384 3452 8378 3449 8374
      3409 8388 3364 8438 3364 8446 3357 8446
      3354 8449 3350 8461 3351 8469 3399 8467
      3437 8440 3438 8426 3447 8426 3447 8428
      3460 8405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 193DEG 23KT 3425 8389 3405 8438
          3366 8462

The 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, 12:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton	45 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

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.