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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 21, 2015Union County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2015, 8:35 PM EDT for Union County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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
Jun 21, 2015, 8:35 PM EDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2015, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Union 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 8:35 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
835 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015

GAZ008-009-220100-
TOWNS GA-UNION GA-
835 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN TOWNS AND UNION
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

AT 835 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BLAIRSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED SIZED HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT
MOVES ACROSS TOWNS AND UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM EDT.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
BLAIRSVILLE...YOUNG HARRIS AND TRACK ROCK.

THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.

LAT...LON 3490 8397 3496 8394 3496 8377 3478 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 299DEG 13KT 3492 8393

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 9:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns24 min
Jun 22, 12:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Washington40 min
Jun 22, 2:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson37 min
Jun 22, 2:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston34 min
Jun 22, 3:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston36 min
Jun 22, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens27 min
Jun 22, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart32 min
Jun 22, 2:49 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge and 36 more29 hr
Jun 22, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart27 min
Jun 22, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart31 min
Jun 22, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper27 min
Jun 22, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington25 min
Jun 22, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel44 min
Jun 22, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens36 min
Jun 22, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart31 min
Jun 22, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper30 min
Jun 22, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones27 min
Jun 22, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs33 min
Jun 22, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens31 min
Jun 22, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Wheeler28 min
Jun 22, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Treutlen38 min
Jun 22, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones34 min
Jun 22, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Wheeler39 min
Jun 22, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery36 min
Jun 22, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson36 min
Jun 22, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair36 min
Jun 22, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler35 min
Jun 22, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington38 min
Jun 22, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson28 min
Jun 22, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson, Washington40 min
Jun 22, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp25 min
Jun 22, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens35 min
Jun 22, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp35 min
Jun 22, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Washington9 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.