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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 2, 2015Johnson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2015, 4:40 PM EDT for Johnson County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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
Jul 2, 2015, 4:40 PM EDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2015, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Johnson County, GA

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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 Jul 2, 3:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 3:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 12:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1200 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-031200-
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-
1200 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

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

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

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY...
...A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL UP TO 1 INCH. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL
RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD CAUSE FLOODING ALONG
LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

DISCUSSION...

A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES WILL INTERACT WITH A MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TODAY.
A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE... ESPECIALLY DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE
STORMS WILL BE MAINLY NORTH OF A LA GRANGE TO MACON TO SWAINSBORO
LINE. HOWEVER... AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT
ANYWHERE TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

AN UPPER TROUGH WITH DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW WILL
INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
THE GREATEST RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FRIDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS... AND A FEW OF
THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE UPPER TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO
WEAKEN AND DRIFT EAST BY MONDAY. HOWEVER... A LOW CHANCE OF
AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK.

.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, Jul 2, 3:58 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
358 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

GAZ027-036-038-039-022030-
MADISON GA-OGLETHORPE GA-CLARKE GA-WILKES GA-
358 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MADISON...OGLETHORPE...CLARKE AND
WILKES COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT...

AT 358 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED OVER COLBERT...OR
8 MILES SOUTH OF DANIELSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT
           LIGHTNING.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD
           NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
DANIELSVILLE...LEXINGTON...ATHENS...COMER...WINTERVILLE...CRAWFORD...
COLBERT...ARNOLDSVILLE...CARLTON...HULL...ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY
(BALANCE)...SMITHONIA...VESTA...NEESE...DIAMOND HILL...POINT PETER...
BEECHWOOD HILLS...WATSON MILL BRIDGE STATE PARK...SANDY CREEK
RECREATION AREA AND JAMES HOLLAND YOUTH SPORTS CMPX.

LAT...LON 3393 8343 3403 8340 3403 8339 3404 8339
      3404 8336 3405 8339 3412 8336 3416 8310
      3416 8307 3411 8303 3405 8299 3403 8294
      3402 8294 3401 8293 3401 8291 3400 8288
      3381 8288
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 273DEG 39KT 3401 8324

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:10 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:15 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
415 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

GAZ034-035-047-022045-
GWINNETT GA-BARROW GA-WALTON GA-
415 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GWINNETT...BARROW AND WALTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

AT 415 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED OVER GRAYSON...OR
NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD
           NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN
           LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY.
           MOTORISTS SHOULD REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
LAWRENCEVILLE...WINDER...SNELLVILLE...AUBURN...DACULA...GRAYSON...
STATHAM...BETHLEHEM...CARL...NICHOLASVILLE...GRATIS...CAMPTON...
RUSSELL...BOLD SPRINGS...FORT YARGO STATE PARK...HARBIN AND WINDSOR.

LAT...LON 3398 8361 3393 8360 3391 8364 3389 8363
      3388 8361 3388 8359 3383 8358 3386 8399
      3399 8403 3404 8383
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 260DEG 21KT 3392 8392

DJN
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:16 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
416 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

GAZ072-082>084-095-096-022045-
TWIGGS GA-BLECKLEY GA-WILKINSON GA-JONES GA-HOUSTON GA-BIBB GA-
416 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TWIGGS...BLECKLEY...WILKINSON...
JONES...HOUSTON AND BIBB COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

AT 416 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM MACON TO NEAR PERRY...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD
           NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN
           LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY.
           MOTORISTS SHOULD REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
MACON...PERRY...COCHRAN...JEFFERSONVILLE...WARNER ROBINS...
CENTERVILLE...GORDON...IVEY...ROBINS AFB...MARION...ROYAL...
FRANKLINTON...HOUSTON LAKE...CARY...GRISWOLDVILLE...MYRICKS MILL...
BULLARD...FITZPATRICK...CLINCHFIELD AND KATHLEEN.

LAT...LON 3290 8367 3291 8328 3240 8329 3239 8349
      3239 8351 3240 8352 3239 8354 3238 8373
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 253DEG 26KT 3285 8365 3244 8369
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:31 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:40 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
Jul 1, 8:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens64 min
Jul 1, 8:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens52 min
Jul 1, 8:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Warren30 min
Jul 1, 8:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Treutlen64 min
Jul 2, 12:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin32 min
Jul 2, 12:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade25 min
Jul 2, 12:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin32 min
Jul 2, 1:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade30 min
Jul 2, 1:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker25 min
Jul 2, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker, Whitfield23 min
Jul 2, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison36 min
Jul 2, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Walker, Whitfield43 min
Jul 2, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks42 min
Jul 2, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison37 min
Jul 2, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster27 min
Jul 2, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin, White31 min
Jul 2, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Gordon, Pickens40 min
Jul 2, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee49 min
Jul 2, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker33 min
Jul 2, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart24 min
Jul 2, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe52 min
Jul 2, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Gordon31 min
Jul 2, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley41 min
Jul 2, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee35 min
Jul 2, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker44 min
Jul 2, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster37 min
Jul 2, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene35 min
Jul 2, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Gordon33 min
Jul 2, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes29 min
Jul 2, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall, Jackson27 min
Jul 2, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Pulaski26 min
Jul 2, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Taylor35 min
Jul 2, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp34 min
Jul 2, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson32 min
Jul 2, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Jackson36 min
Jul 2, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox30 min
Jul 2, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge23 min
Jul 2, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth37 min
Jul 2, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Peach34 min
Jul 2, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison, Oglethorpe32 min
Jul 2, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Madison, Oglethorpe25 min
Jul 2, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair, Wheeler39 min
Jul 2, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson35 min
Jul 2, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow30 min
Jul 2, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Houston, Twiggs29 min
Jul 2, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Bleckley, Houston, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson53 min
Jul 2, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe, Wilkes29 min
Jul 2, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee, Walton33 min
Jul 2, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler57 min
Jul 2, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Johnson, Laurens, Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson52 min
Jul 2, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel35 min
Jul 2, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren33 min
Jul 2, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene23 min
Jul 2, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson27 min
Jul 2, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin35 min
Jul 2, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren32 min
Jul 2, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs30 min
Jul 2, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson29 min
Jul 2, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington40 min

Nearby

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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.