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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 20, 2014Webster County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2014, 8:20 PM EDT for Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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: Jun 20, 2014, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2014, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Webster County, GA

The radar

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The text

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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 Jun 20, 7:29 PM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 7:29 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 11:00 AM EDT, 9 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1100 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-211000-
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-
1100 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

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

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

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED..
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME STRONG TO
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
644 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

GAZ003-004-202315-
644 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PENNY SIZED HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS
IN WHITFIELD AND CATOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

AT 643 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED NEAR RINGGOLD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS WHITFIELD AND CATOOSA COUNTIES...INCLUDING
AREAS AROUND SALEM...COHUTTA...RINGGOLD...GRAYSVILLE...VARNELL...
DALTON...ROCKY FACE...DAWNVILLE AND TUNNEL HILL. RESIDENTS IN THIS
AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS.

&&

LAT...LON 3499 8495 3480 8485 3478 8486 3479 8487
      3476 8487 3473 8496 3483 8508 3498 8517
      3499 8516
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 337DEG 7KT 3492 8506

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
650 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

GAZ069-081-202315-
650 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS
IN UPSON AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

AT 648 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THOMASTON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS UPSON AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES...INCLUDING
AREAS AROUND LOGTOWN AND SALEM. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY
INDOORS.

&&

LAT...LON 3276 8407 3271 8421 3286 8428 3288 8419
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 330DEG 8KT 3283 8419

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 7:29 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 7:40 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 8:09 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 8:20 PM EDT, 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
Jun 20, 8:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	32 min
Jun 21, 12:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	26 min
Jun 21, 1:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts	37 min
Jun 21, 1:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson, Polk	39 min
Jun 21, 1:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Floyd	37 min
Jun 21, 1:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Jones, Monroe	37 min
Jun 21, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	33 min
Jun 21, 2:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Spalding	44 min
Jun 21, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Paulding	49 min
Jun 21, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	28 min
Jun 21, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Twiggs	31 min
Jun 21, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Douglas, Fulton	49 min
Jun 21, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer, Pickens	43 min
Jun 21, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette and 2 more	41 min
Jun 21, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Twiggs	34 min
Jun 21, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pickens	29 min
Jun 21, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens	49 min
Jun 21, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette, Spalding	52 min
Jun 21, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Laurens	48 min
Jun 21, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	50 min
Jun 21, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen	45 min
Jun 21, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	25 min
Jun 21, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly, Macon	37 min
Jun 21, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	30 min
Jun 21, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	41 min
Jun 21, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Wilcox	33 min
Jun 21, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	32 min
Jun 21, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	59 min
Jun 21, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Sumter	33 min

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Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2014 Every special weather statement in 2014

Sources

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