Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 19, 2013, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2013, 4:45 PM EDT

In force

41 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

County Wheeler County, GA

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
404 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2013

GAZ097-109>111-192045-
404 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS
IN WHEELER...TELFAIR...LAURENS AND DODGE COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ACHORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
WHEELER...TELFAIR...LAURENS AND DODGE COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE JAY BIRD SPRINGS...
CHAUNCEY...ACHORD...HELENA...MCRAE...LITTLE OCMULGEE STATE PARK...
ALAMO AND CEDAR GROVE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.

THE HIGH RAIN TOTALS SEEN THUS FAR THIS SEASON HAS RESULTED IN
PERSISTENT WET SOILS FOR AREA TREES. THIS WILL ALLOW THESE TREES TO
FALL DUE TO WINDS MUCH LOWER THAN IN A TYPICAL SEASON...AS LOW AS 30
MPH IN SOME CASES.

&&

LAT...LON 3228 8290 3212 8273 3202 8302 3211 8308
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 233DEG 12KT 3210 8298

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