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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 9, 2014Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2014, 4:29 PM EDT for Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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: Jul 9, 2014, 4:29 PM EDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Putnam County, GA

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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 Jul 9, 3:48 PM EDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 3:48 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 5:50 AM EDT, 10 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
550 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-101000-
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 WED JUL 9 2014

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

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

...A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING...

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING INTO THE STATE DURING THE
DAY TODAY AND AS A RESULT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MAINLY
DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AND LAST INTO THE EVENING HOURS
BEFORE DIMINISHING.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY MAINLY
ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SLOW MOVING COLD
FRONT. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS...HOWEVER...OVERALL
THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE A BIT LESS THAN ON
WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...PARTICULARLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA.
HOWEVER...COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL DIMINISH EACH DAY THROUGH
SUNDAY.

ANOTHER COOL FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE REGION LATE MONDAY
INTO TUESDAY ONCE AGAIN RAMPING UP THUNDERSTORM CHANCES.

.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.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
202 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2014

GAZ035-037-047-091830-
202 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2014

AT 155 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GRATIS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
OCONEE...BARROW AND WALTON COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MOUNT VERNON...GRATIS...
CAMPTON...FORT YARGO STATE PARK...WINDER...RUSSELL...BETHLEHEM...
STATHAM...BOGART AND EASTVILLE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3398 8355 3393 8351 3393 8348 3383 8347
      3381 8375 3399 8375 3399 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 270DEG 23KT 3390 8363

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 3:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 3:53 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 9, 4:09 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:29 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
Jul 9, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow	28 min
Jul 9, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	26 min
Jul 9, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette, Spalding	37 min
Jul 9, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro	34 min
Jul 9, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	34 min
Jul 9, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pike, Upson	32 min
Jul 9, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart	22 min
Jul 9, 7:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Pike	37 min

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

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.