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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 26, 2014Jefferson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2014, 8:18 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
May 26, 2014, 8:18 PM EDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2014, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Jefferson County, GA

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 26, 7:32 PM EDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 7:32 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 11:48 AM EDT, 8 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1148 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-271600-
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-
1148 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN AGAIN BE EXPECTED ALONG
WITH SOME STRONG AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS INTO THE EVENING.
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY DUE TO MAINLY THE
COMBINATION OF DAYTIME HEATING WITH DECENT INSTABILITY IN A
LINGERING MOIST AIRMASS. THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING PERIODS LOOK
TO HAVE THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR STORMS. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME
STRONG AND ISOLATED SEVERE ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. THE MAIN THREATS
WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
SUBMIT REPORTS OF STRONG AND SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING
TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 26, 5:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
558 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

GAZ082-083-262230-
558 PM EDT MON MAY 26 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN TWIGGS AND
BIBB COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

AT 554 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LAKE TOBESOFKEE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS TWIGGS AND BIBB COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN
THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE LAKE TOBESOFKEE...LIZELLA...
WESLEYAN...ARKWRIGHT...CROSS KEYS...PAYNE CITY AND MACON. HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3279 8386 3282 8389 3285 8389 3295 8373
      3295 8371 3292 8370 3289 8365 3289 8360
      3287 8358 3288 8357 3286 8355 3273 8356
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 275DEG 8KT 3288 8381
Special weather statement, May 26, 6:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 26, 7:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 26, 7:31 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 26, 7:57 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 26, 8:18 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
May 26, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens28 min
May 26, 9:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether28 min
May 26, 9:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup39 min
May 26, 10:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup28 min
May 27, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe33 min
May 27, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton, Rockdale25 min
May 27, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones33 min
May 27, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones24 min
May 27, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Twiggs24 min
May 27, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin30 min
May 27, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Twiggs, Wilkinson19 min
May 27, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Twiggs, Wilkinson36 min
May 27, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Washington, Wilkinson35 min
May 27, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock26 min
May 27, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson, Washington24 min
May 27, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson25 min
May 27, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson49 min
May 27, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns26 min
May 27, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter33 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.