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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 22, 20137 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Dec 22, 2013, 4:59 AM EST for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 46 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: Dec 22, 2013, 4:59 AM EST (09:59 UTC)
Expired: Dec 22, 2013, 5:45 AM EST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Bartow County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA

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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 Dec 22, 3:44 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 3:44 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 3:22 AM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
322 AM EST SUN DEC 22 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-230830-
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-
322 AM EST SUN DEC 22 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS.
HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS.

DISCUSSION...
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST WILL BECOME
NEARLY STATIONARY OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME MARGINALLY UNSTABLE TODAY HOWEVER
SHEAR WILL BE STRONG. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE TODAY. THE THREAT
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISHES TONIGHT AS THE ATMOSPHERE
STABILIZES.

IN ADDITION...DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE SYSTEM...MODERATE
TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE PART OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY
FROM WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA WITH ISOLATED
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND
PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR INCREASED POTENTIAL OF FLOODING ON
RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
THE THREAT OF FLOODING OF RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL
CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION. WHILE
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON MONDAY WILL BE LIGHT...RUNOFF FROM
THE HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY COULD PRODUCE RIVER
FLOODING.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD AND THIS WILL BRING DRY AND STABLE
CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST INFORMATION TODAY FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 22, 2:55 AM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 22, 3:19 AM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 22, 3:51 AM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 22, 4:59 AM EST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 22, 2:55 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	50 min
Dec 22, 3:19 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Walker	56 min
Dec 22, 3:51 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	54 min
Dec 22, 6:09 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk	66 min
Dec 22, 7:02 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton	43 min
Dec 22, 8:06 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson and 3 more	54 min
Dec 22, 9:03 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Forsyth, Haralson and 2 more	57 min
Dec 22, 9:10 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Heard	50 min
Dec 22, 10:03 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton and 1 more	57 min
Dec 22, 10:27 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dade	14 hr
Dec 22, 10:51 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry, Newton	24 min
Dec 22, 10:52 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	30 hr
Dec 22, 10:52 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton	3 days
Dec 22, 10:59 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Talbot, Taylor, Upson	46 min
Dec 22, 11:00 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb	5 hr
Dec 22, 11:34 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	35 hr
Dec 22, 11:40 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Greene, Jasper, Jones, Monroe and 2 more	50 min
Dec 22, 12:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe, Wilkes	44 min
Dec 22, 12:34 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Taliaferro	26 min
Dec 22, 12:36 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	39 min
Dec 22, 1:39 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Whitfield	65 hr
Dec 22, 3:42 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Gordon	6 hr
Dec 22, 4:08 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb	6 hr
Dec 22, 5:02 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Polk	8 hr
Dec 22, 5:27 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd	6 hr

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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.