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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 29, 20145 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 29, 2014, 8:03 AM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 57 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
Apr 29, 2014, 8:03 AM EDT (12:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2014, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Wilcox 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 Apr 29, 7:45 AM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 7:45 AM EDT, 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 5:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
550 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-301000-
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-
550 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

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

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

...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY AND
   TONIGHT OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...
...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT...

.WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...ISOLATED TORNADOES...AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. MINOR TO POSSIBLE MODERATE RIVER FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE.

.DISCUSSION...
A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO FAR NORTHWEST GEORGIA LATE
TONIGHT. MODERATE INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR WILL ALLOW FOR THE
POTENTIAL OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY
WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THE MOST LIKELY THREAT.
THE MOST LIKELY AREA WILL BE FROM TOWNS TO CARROLL COUNTY AND SOUTH.
THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD MINOR TO POSSIBLY MODERATE AREAL AND RIVER
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED. REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER CAN
BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 29, 5:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
545 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0520 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MABLETON                33.82N  84.58W
04/29/2014                   COBB               GA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE ON CLAXTON COURT.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1400563

DEESE
Local storm report, Apr 29, 5:59 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
559 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N COLUMBUS            32.54N  84.99W
04/29/2014                   MUSCOGEE           GA   911 CALL CENTER

            25 TO 35 TREES REPORTED DOWN ACROSS NORTHEAST COLUMBUS
            BY 911 CENTER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1400564

DEESE
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 6:09 AM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 7:03 AM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
703 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

GAZ093>095-104>108-291200-
703 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS AND MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN IN WILCOX...SUMTER...PULASKI...PEACH...MACON...
CRISP...DOOLY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM EDT...

AT 702 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... WITH THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDING
FROM NEAR HICKS TO ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF FORT EARLY...AND MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS AREA
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS WILCOX... SUMTER...
PULASKI...PEACH...MACON...CRISP...DOOLY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES.

DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS LIKELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3184 8393 3193 8392 3209 8398 3219 8405
      3219 8413 3242 8419 3250 8413 3255 8395
      3269 8377 3266 8357 3252 8354 3248 8349
      3240 8350 3227 8335 3218 8330 3210 8333
      3198 8329 3185 8318 3185 8360 3180 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 1100Z 264DEG 34KT 3248 8400 3221 8398
          3191 8411
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 7:22 AM EDT, 41 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 8:03 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 8:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray17 min
Apr 28, 9:29 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDade31 min
Apr 28, 11:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Walker45 min
Apr 28, 11:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa27 min
Apr 29, 2:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Dade, Walker46 min
Apr 29, 3:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll51 min
Apr 29, 3:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Dade, Walker51 min
Apr 29, 3:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield6 hr
Apr 29, 4:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Whitfield24 min
Apr 29, 4:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard50 min
Apr 29, 4:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee60 min
Apr 29, 5:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee44 min
Apr 29, 5:03 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee42 min
Apr 29, 6:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Sumter, Webster51 min
Apr 29, 7:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach, Pulaski and 1 more57 min
Apr 29, 7:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer, Pickens68 min
Apr 29, 9:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Laurens, Wilcox56 min
Apr 29, 9:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Pulaski30 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.