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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2013, 7:50 PM EDT for Sumter County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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 20, 2013, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2013, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Sumter County, GA
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</html>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 20, 3:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 3:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 617 AM EDT TUE AUG 20 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-211030- 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- 617 AM EDT TUE AUG 20 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME FLASH FLOODING MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A COLUMBUS TO MACON TO AUGUSTA LINE BUT NOT EXPECTING ANY SEVERE STORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. DISCUSSION... A WEDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA IS WEAKENING ACROSS AS A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL 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 CENTRAL GEORGIA...SEE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH /FFAFFC/ FOR MORE DETAILS...HOWEVER MODERATE INSTABILITY AND SHEAR ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE STATE WILL PROVIDE A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED STRONG STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THE STRONGER STORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA CLOSE TO THE NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY DURING THE AFTERNOON PERIODS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. DISCUSSION... A STATIONARY FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ARE THE FOCUS FOR A WET PERIOD...AS DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE MOVES OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR POTENTIAL FLOODING THROUGH THURSDAY. A MORE DIURNALLY DRIVEN THUNDERSTORM PATTERN SHOULD RETURN THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH DRIER AIR MOVING IN ACROSS THE STATE BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT 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
Local storm report, Aug 20, 2:12 PM EDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Aug 20, 3:31 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
331 PM EDT TUE AUG 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 PM FLASH FLOOD ENGLISH EDDY 31.97N 82.36W
08/18/2013 TOOMBS GA EMERGENCY MNGR
FLOOD WATERS FROM NEARBY CREEKS AND STREAMS OVERFLOWED
PORTIONS OF AROUND 6 ROADS IN THE ENGLISH EDDY AREA. THIS
INCLUDED PORTIONS OF GEORGIA HIGHWAY 147 AND CEDAR
CROSSING ROAD.
&&
KFRANTZSpecial weather statement, Aug 20, 7:37 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
737 PM EDT TUE AUG 20 2013
GAZ089>091-210015-
737 PM EDT TUE AUG 20 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN MUSCOGEE...MARION
AND CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT...
AT 729 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER CHRISTOPHER...MOVING
NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
MUSCOGEE...MARION AND CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS
AROUND ZELLOBEE...BRANTLEY...JAMESTOWN/SOUTH FORT BENNING...MANTA...
CHRISTOPHER...CUSSETA...MARION ESTATES...OAKLAND...JUNIPER...
EELBECK/WEST FORT BENNING...FORT BENNING/LAWSON ARMY AIR
FIELD...VISTA TERRACE...HIGHLAND PARK...AVONDALE AND SAINT MARYS
HILLS.
DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES. TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS IS LIKELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3223 8463 3222 8481 3223 8492 3227 8490
3232 8501 3242 8497 3247 8501 3257 8469
3256 8467 3252 8469 3253 8465 3252 8457
3255 8456 3255 8453 3220 8454 3220 8459
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 160DEG 7KT 3232 8472
16Special weather statement, Aug 20, 7:50 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
750 PM EDT TUE AUG 20 2013
GAZ104-210015-
750 PM EDT TUE AUG 20 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN SUMTER COUNTY UNTIL
815 PM EDT...
AT 746 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER HUNTINGTON...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SUMTER
COUNTY...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND LAMAR...HUNTINGTON...COBB...
LESLIE...DESOTO...SUMTER...PENNINGTON...MADDOX...CROXTON CROSSROADS
...METHVINS...NEW ERA...PLAINS...ANDERSONVILLE...AMERICUS AND
SHILOH.
DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES. TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS IS LIKELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3190 8434 3211 8444 3216 8443 3216 8419
3221 8418 3222 8413 3219 8413 3219 8405
3209 8398 3205 8398 3202 8395 3192 8392
3191 8433
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 147DEG 7KT 3201 8411
16The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor, Upson | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 8:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Toombs | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 38 min |
| Aug 19, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 9:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Upson | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Wilcox | 48 min |
| Aug 19, 10:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade, Walker | 52 min |
| Aug 20, 3:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 29 more | 20 hr |
| Aug 20, 12:31 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 5 days |
| Aug 20, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.