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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
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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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 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.
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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 9:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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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
DEESESpecial weather statement, Apr 3, 11:25 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 10:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 10:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 22 min |
| Apr 3, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 10:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 11:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 12:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 34 min |
| Apr 4, 12:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 1:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 2:31 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 13 more | 18 hr |
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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.