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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 19, 2014Treutlen County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2014, 4:31 PM EDT for Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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: Aug 19, 2014, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Treutlen 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 Aug 19, 3:33 PM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 3:33 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 11:01 AM EDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 10:41 AM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 11:19 AM EDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 11:43 AM EDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1143 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014

GAZ086-113-191600-
1143 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN TOOMBS AND
EMANUEL COUNTIES UNTIL NOON EDT...

AT 1138 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM OAK PARK TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF GRAYS
LANDING...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS TOOMBS AND EMANUEL COUNTIES THROUGH NOON EDT. SOME LOCATIONS
IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE PONDEROSA...SOUTH THOMPSON...
TOOMBS CENTRAL...JOHNSON CORNER...GRAYS LANDING...ENGLISH EDDY...
CEDAR CROSSING...SANTA CLAUS...LYONS...STILLMORE...OAK PARK...OHOOPEE
AND NEW BRANCH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3193 8228 3193 8237 3195 8239 3196 8244
      3218 8234 3247 8237 3246 8218 3241 8219
      3236 8224 3222 8220 3218 8218 3191 8222
      3191 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 1544Z 273DEG 32KT 3237 8225 3218 8223
          3188 8236

Local storm report, Aug 19, 12:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:31 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
Aug 18, 8:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Spalding	27 min
Aug 18, 8:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Oconee	37 min
Aug 18, 8:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, DeKalb, Henry, Newton, Rockdale	37 min
Aug 18, 8:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	30 min
Aug 18, 8:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Madison, Oglethorpe	24 min
Aug 18, 8:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Walton	33 min
Aug 19, 10:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler	34 min
Aug 19, 11:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen	26 min
Aug 19, 11:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	17 min
Aug 19, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	28 min
Aug 19, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	33 min
Aug 19, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	32 min
Aug 19, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	34 min
Aug 19, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	31 min
Aug 19, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	21 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.