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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 6, 2013DeKalb County, Fulton County, Gwinnett County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Oct 6, 2013, 8:56 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Fulton County, Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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: Oct 6, 2013, 8:56 PM EDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired: Oct 6, 2013, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gwinnett 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 Oct 6, 7:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 7:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 6, 11:20 AM EDT, 9 hours 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 6, 8:56 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
856 PM EDT SUN OCT 6 2013

GAZ022-032>034-044-045-055-070145-
856 PM EDT SUN OCT 6 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN COBB...DEKALB...
FORSYTH...GWINNETT...CLAYTON AND FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM EDT...

AT 849 PM EDT...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER THE ATLANTA
METRO AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN
WITH THESE STORMS DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 1
INCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO BEFORE THE
RAIN STARTS TAPERING OFF FROM THE SOUTHWEST.

RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS
COBB...DEKALB...FORSYTH...GWINNETT...CLAYTON AND FULTON COUNTIES...
INCLUDING AREAS AROUND CEDAR GROVE...GRESHAM PARK...CASCADE
HEIGHTS...WEST END...LAKEWOOD PARK...HAPEVILLE...EAST POINT...COLLEGE
PARK...FORT GILLEM...ELLENWOOD...LAKE CITY...MORROW...RIVERDALE...
FOREST PARK AND CONLEY. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS
ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3410 8388 3410 8384 3363 8423 3365 8424
      3364 8428 3361 8425 3352 8433 3362 8459
      3407 8444 3407 8442 3411 8442 3413 8436
      3417 8435 3419 8426 3422 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 207DEG 23KT 3372 8439

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 6, 9:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett	6 hr
Oct 7, 12:05 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton	22 hr
Oct 7, 3:05 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	24 hr
Oct 7, 9:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	63 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.