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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 3, 2015Bartow County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2015, 11:25 PM EDT for Bartow County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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
Apr 3, 2015, 11:25 PM EDT (03:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2015, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Bartow 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 Apr 3, 11:15 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 11:15 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 9:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
934 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-050145-
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-
934 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

...SEVERE STORMS LIKELY TONIGHT NORTHWEST GEORGIA...

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN FAR NORTHWEST GEORGIA
THIS EVENING...NORTH AND WEST OF A ROME TO DAWSONVILLE TO HIAWASSEE
LINE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR THIS
AREA. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AS THEY MOVE
SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS LINE.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY NORTH AND WEST OF A ROME TO
DAWSONVILLE TO HIAWASEE LINE...PRIMARILY BEFORE 1 AM. A BRIEF
TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA.

FURTHER SOUTH...DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY
NORTHWEST OF A FRANKLIN TO GAINESVILLE LINE...INCLUDING THE MUCH OF
THE ATLANTA METRO AREA...THROUGH 3 AM.

DISCUSSION...

THE LATEST DATA CONTINUES TO INDICATE THAT INGREDIENTS FOR SEVERE
STORMS WILL BE IN PLACE OVER FAR NORTHWEST GEORGIA TONIGHT BUT WILL
DIMINISH STEADILY AFTER 1 AM WITH MUCH LOWER CHANCES FOR SEVERE
STORMS FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST.

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

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY MORNING
OVER AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF I-85. AFTER A DRY PERIOD SUNDAY...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR FAR NORTHWEST GEORGIA...
OTHERWISE SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS MAY BE SUBMITTED ONLINE AT
WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA OR USING TWITTER WITH HASHTAG G A W X.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 9:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 3, 11:25 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1125 PM EDT FRI APR 03 2015

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

1020 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RISING FAWN             34.76N  85.53W
04/03/2015                   DADE               GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS AT LEAST 10 TREES DOWN...WITH
            SOME UPROOTED... AND PARTS OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD
            WITHOUT POWER NEAR HIGHWAY 11 SOUTH AND CLOVERDALE ROAD.
            SOME HOUSES HAVE SHINGLES MISSING AND DAMAGE TO SIDING.

&&

CORRECTED REMARKS

EVENT NUMBER FFC1500191

DEESE
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 11:25 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 9:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade41 min
Apr 3, 9:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa28 min
Apr 3, 10:13 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCChattooga, Dade, Walker36 min
Apr 3, 10:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Walker22 min
Apr 3, 10:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon32 min
Apr 3, 10:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd38 min
Apr 3, 11:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon26 min
Apr 3, 11:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb32 min
Apr 4, 12:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb34 min
Apr 4, 12:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll33 min
Apr 4, 1:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll32 min
Apr 4, 2:31 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryFFCBartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 13 more18 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015

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.