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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 9, 2015Johnson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2015, 5:08 PM EDT for Johnson County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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 9, 2015, 5:08 PM EDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2015, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Johnson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 8, 7:38 PM EDT, 21 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 7:38 PM EDT, 21 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 5:18 PM EDT, 23 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
518 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-091100-
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-
518 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH
AROUND 10 PM THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME
STRONG... PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

CONTINUED LOW CHANCES OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH THE WORK WEEK AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE DEEP
SOUTH. ANY STORMS THAT DO FORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG
WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ALONG WITH HEAVY
RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL BE INCREASING THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH MID
90S FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA BY WEEKS END WITH HEAT
INDICES NEARING 100 DEGREES.

A MORE ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM PATTERN LOOKS TO RETURN FOR EARLY NEXT
WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	26 min
Jul 9, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	35 min
Jul 9, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	29 min
Jul 9, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Schley	23 min
Jul 9, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	37 min
Jul 9, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Schley	29 min
Jul 9, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	30 min
Jul 9, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Monroe	37 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2015 Every 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.