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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 30, 2014Murray County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2014, 10:20 AM EDT for Murray County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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 30, 2014, 10:20 AM EDT (14:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2014, 11:00 AM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Murray 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 Jun 30, 7:25 AM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 7:25 AM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 7:43 AM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
743 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-011100-
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-
743 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

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

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

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA TODAY...

DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER DISTURBANCE PUSHING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL
PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING.
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS
MORNING.

WEAK DISTURBANCES IN THE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO
INTERACT WITH A MOIST AND INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO PRODUCE
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME
STRONG TO SEVERE... MAINLY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING.

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

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY... WITH BEST CHANCES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING HOURS. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG EACH DAY. THE MOST
LIKELY HAZARDS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS... LIGHTNING... LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN... AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 9:36 AM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 9:50 AM EDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 9:55 AM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 10:15 AM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1015 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

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

0940 PM     TSTM WND DMG     JEFFERSONVILLE          32.68N  83.34W
06/29/2014                   TWIGGS             GA   911 CALL CENTER

            TWIGGS COUNTY 911 REPORTED THREE TREES FALLEN ONTO
            ROADS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 80.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1400742

RWILLIS

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 10:20 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1020 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

GAZ004-005-007-301500-
1020 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN WHITFIELD...MURRAY
AND WEST GILMER COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM EDT...

AT 1015 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS FROM JUST NORTH OF DALTON THROUGH CHATSWORTH
TO NEAR CARTERS LAKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
WHITFIELD...MURRAY AND WEST GILMER COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
CARTERS...RAMHURST...FORT MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...CHATSWORTH...ETON...
CRANDALL...TAILS CREEK...ROUNDTOP AND MOUNTAINTOWN.

DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES. TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3476 8448 3455 8458 3476 8495 3491 8484
TIME...MOT...LOC 1418Z 271DEG 17KT 3469 8464

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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 29, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	29 min
Jun 29, 8:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	27 min
Jun 29, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	27 min
Jun 29, 8:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	22 min
Jun 29, 9:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	25 min
Jun 29, 9:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Twiggs, Wilkinson	43 min
Jun 29, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	30 min
Jun 29, 9:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Laurens	48 min
Jun 29, 10:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Johnson, Laurens, Wilkinson	45 min
Jun 30, 12:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield	50 min
Jun 30, 12:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	27 min
Jun 30, 12:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding, Polk	38 min
Jun 30, 12:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Gordon	78 min
Jun 30, 1:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	32 min
Jun 30, 1:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	21 min
Jun 30, 2:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pickens	44 min
Jun 30, 9:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	24 min
Jun 30, 9:57 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Gilmer	6 hr
Jun 30, 12:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Rockdale	47 min
Jun 30, 1:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Henry, Newton and 2 more	45 min
Jun 30, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts	32 min
Jun 30, 2:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Spalding	42 min
Jun 30, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Jasper, Newton	48 min
Jun 30, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	32 min
Jun 30, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether, Pike, Upson	23 min
Jun 30, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford	25 min
Jun 30, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Peach	24 min
Jun 30, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	34 min
Jun 30, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Twiggs	45 min
Jun 30, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	32 min
Jun 30, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	34 min
Jun 30, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	32 min
Jun 30, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	27 min
Jun 30, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	29 min
Jun 30, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee	46 min
Jun 30, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Pulaski, Telfair, Wilcox	39 min
Jun 30, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	30 min
Jun 30, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	22 min
Jun 30, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	37 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.