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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 31, 2015Harris County, Talbot County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2015, 2:47 PM EDT for Harris County, Talbot County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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: Mar 31, 2015, 2:47 PM EDT (18:47 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2015, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Harris County, GA, Talbot County, GA

The radar

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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 Mar 31, 1:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 1:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 11:19 AM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1119 AM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-011530-
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-
1119 AM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015

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

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

..ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS... LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL INTERACT WITH A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY
AND INCREASING INSTABILITY DURING AFTERNOON HEATING TO PRODUCE
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...
MAINLY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM... AND GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A
SUMMERVILLE TO STONE MOUNTAIN TO SWAINSBORO LINE... WHICH INCLUDES
THE ATLANTA METRO AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES COMBINED WITH MARGINAL INSTABILITY
DURING DAYTIME HEATING WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS
THAT DEVELOP.

.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, Mar 31, 2:47 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
Mar 31, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Schley	25 min
Mar 31, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	21 min
Mar 31, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly	48 min
Mar 31, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Troup	45 min
Mar 31, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	37 min
Mar 31, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	30 min
Mar 31, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	28 min
Mar 31, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Talbot, Taylor, Upson	33 min
Mar 31, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Coweta	31 min
Mar 31, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Coweta	30 min
Mar 31, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard	42 min
Mar 31, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Jasper	32 min
Mar 31, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Spalding	51 min
Mar 31, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Treutlen	36 min
Mar 31, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette	30 min
Mar 31, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	24 min
Mar 31, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Heard, Troup	47 min
Mar 31, 6:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding	42 min
Mar 31, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	33 min
Mar 31, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Pike, Upson	40 min
Mar 31, 7:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Monroe	25 min
Mar 31, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Upson	39 min
Mar 31, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin, Union	34 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.