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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 5, 2014Gordon County, Murray County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Sep 5, 2014, 2:12 PM EDT for Gordon County, Murray County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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: Sep 5, 2014, 2:12 PM EDT (18:12 UTC)
Expired: Sep 5, 2014, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Sep 5, 7:42 AM EDT, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 7:42 AM EDT, 6 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 5, 4:43 AM EDT, 9 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
443 AM EDT FRI SEP 5 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-060845-
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-
443 AM EDT FRI SEP 5 2014

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

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

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY INTO
TONIGHT.

LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WITH SLOW MOVING OR TRAINING
STORMS AND SOME ENHANCED DOWNBURST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. ISOLATED
STRONG TO SEVERE DEVELOPMENT CANNOT BE RULED OUT FOR THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EVENING.

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

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
PERIOD...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS
COULD BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 5, 2:12 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
212 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2014

GAZ005>007-012-051900-
212 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN MURRAY...FANNIN...
GILMER AND GORDON COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

AT 206 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS FROM COHUTTA WILDERNESS TO SONORAVILLE...MOVING NORTH
AT 10 MPH...HOWEVER THEY WERE TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREA. BETWEEN A
HALF INCH AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER EASTERN
MURRAY...WESTERN FANNIN...WESTERN GILMER AND NORTHEASTERN GORDON
COUNTIES. AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO 1 INCH OF RAIN COULD FALL OVER
THESE SAME AREAS.

RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS
MURRAY...FANNIN...GILMER AND GORDON COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
CALHOUN...AUDUBON...NICKELSVILLE...JONES MILL...NORTH GEORGIA
SPEEDWAY...SONORAVILLE...RANGER...OAKMAN...ELLIJAY...TAILS CREEK...
ROUNDTOP...MOUNTAINTOWN AND CARTERS.

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3469 8447 3454 8461 3454 8465 3450 8465
      3442 8472 3441 8505 3456 8491 3482 8481
      3500 8472 3499 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 028DEG 4KT 3497 8454 3464 8473
          3444 8491

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 5, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	45 min
Sep 5, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Whitfield	49 min
Sep 5, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	47 min
Sep 5, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa	30 min
Sep 5, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	47 min
Sep 5, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	40 min

Nearby

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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.