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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 2, 2013Montgomery County, Treutlen County, Georgia

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

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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

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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 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, Sep 2, 11:55 AM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
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 8309
Special 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 8302
Special 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 8285
Special weather statement, Sep 2, 4:28 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 3:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson49 min
Sep 2, 4:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson28 min
Sep 2, 5:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson26 min
Sep 2, 5:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas, Haralson25 min
Sep 2, 6:03 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCHaralson6 hr
Sep 2, 6:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas24 min
Sep 2, 7:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta29 min
Sep 2, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens34 min
Sep 2, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington31 min
Sep 2, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson38 min
Sep 2, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Washington49 min
Sep 2, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Jefferson, Johnson49 min
Sep 2, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp30 min
Sep 2, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Wilcox28 min
Sep 2, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair, Wilcox43 min
Sep 2, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair48 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.