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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Sep 2, 2013, 4:28 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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
- Sep 2, 2013, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2013, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Montgomery County, GA, Treutlen County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
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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 Sep 2, 3:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 3:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1155 AM EDT MON SEP 2 2013 GAZ039-051-060>062-069-071>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-030400- BALDWIN-BIBB-BLECKLEY-CHATTAHOOCHEE-CRAWFORD-CRISP-DODGE-DOOLY- EMANUEL-GLASCOCK-HANCOCK-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES- LAURENS-MACON-MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MUSCOGEE-PEACH-PULASKI- PUTNAM-SCHLEY-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR- TOOMBS-TREUTLEN-TWIGGS-UPSON-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER- WILCOX-WILKES-WILKINSON- 1155 AM EDT MON SEP 2 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE REMNANTS OF OVERNIGHT STORMS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PARTICULARLY IN THOSE AREAS WHICH SEE SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...HOWEVER...OVERALL CHANCES WILL BE DECREASING EACH DAY THROUGH FRIDAY. BY THE WEEKEND...TYPICAL AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASE AS ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE INCREASES ACROSS THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>038-041>050-052>059-066>068- 070-030400- BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE- CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DOUGLAS-FANNIN- FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GORDON-GREENE-GWINNETT-HALL-HARALSON- HEARD-HENRY-JACKSON-JASPER-LAMAR-LUMPKIN-MADISON-MERIWETHER- MORGAN-MURRAY-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING- PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-ROCKDALE-SOUTH FULTON-SPALDING-TOWNS-TROUP- UNION-WALKER-WALTON-WHITE-WHITFIELD- 1155 AM EDT MON SEP 2 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AN OVERNIGHT COMPLEX OF STORMS HAS LEFT A CLOUD SHIELD ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN GEORGIA. AS A RESULT...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL HAVE A MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TIME DESTABILIZING DURING AFTERNOON HEATING. THEREFORE...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE ON THE LOW SIDE. HOWEVER...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE PUSHING INTO NORTH GEORGIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AND SOME MODELS ARE REDEVELOPING SOME STORMS ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP TODAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE ON THE DECREASE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH TUESDAY BEING THE BEST CHANCE AS DRIER AIR FILTERS IN BEHIND THE APPROACHING FRONT. BY THE WEEKEND...TYPICAL AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASE AS ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE INCREASES ACROSS THE REGION AND THE REMNANT FRONT ALONG THE GULF COAST WASHES OUT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 2, 2:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
211 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013
GAZ097-021845-
211 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 35 MPH WINDS
IN LAURENS COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM EDT...
AT 206 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MONTROSE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
LAURENS COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM INCLUDE MONTROSE...DUDLEY...HARLOW...MINTER...BREWTON...EAST
DUBLIN AND DUBLIN. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3235 8274 3247 8317 3253 8321 3260 8318
3265 8310 3259 8267
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 284DEG 17KT 3255 8309Special weather statement, Sep 2, 2:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
244 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013
GAZ074-084-085-021915-
244 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN WASHINGTON...JOHNSON AND WILKINSON COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT...
AT 240 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER TOOMSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
WASHINGTON...JOHNSON AND WILKINSON COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE TOOMSBORO...HEBRON...
OCONEE AND TENNILLE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3271 8276 3281 8316 3297 8310 3295 8307
3297 8307 3299 8305 3296 8270
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 282DEG 17KT 3288 8302Special weather statement, Sep 2, 3:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
307 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013
GAZ085-086-097-098-021945-
307 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN TREUTLEN...LAURENS...JOHNSON AND EMANUEL COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM
EDT...
AT 303 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM MEEKS TO EAST DUBLIN...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS TREUTLEN...LAURENS...JOHNSON AND EMANUEL COUNTIES THROUGH 345
PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE LOVETT...
BREWTON...EAST DUBLIN...DUBLIN...KITE...MEEKS...DELLWOOD...
BLACKVILLE...NORRISTOWN JUNCTION...MODOC...SWAINSBORO...SCOTT AND
ADRIAN. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3267 8213 3258 8238 3248 8255 3254 8295
3261 8286 3272 8259
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 273DEG 13KT 3265 8253 3259 8272
3255 8285Special weather statement, Sep 2, 4:28 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 3:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 49 min |
| Sep 2, 4:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 28 min |
| Sep 2, 5:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 26 min |
| Sep 2, 5:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Haralson | 25 min |
| Sep 2, 6:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Haralson | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 6:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 24 min |
| Sep 2, 7:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 29 min |
| Sep 2, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 31 min |
| Sep 2, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 38 min |
| Sep 2, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington | 49 min |
| Sep 2, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson | 49 min |
| Sep 2, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 28 min |
| Sep 2, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wilcox | 43 min |
| Sep 2, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 48 min |
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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.