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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 18, 2015Chattahoochee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2015, 6:22 PM EDT for Chattahoochee County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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 18, 2015, 6:22 PM EDT (22:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2015, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Chattahoochee County, GA

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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 17, 7:43 PM EDT, 22 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 7:43 PM EDT, 22 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 7:41 PM EDT, 22 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
741 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015

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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-
741 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND
EAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

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

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN
HAZARDS.

.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 17, 8:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	32 min
Jul 17, 8:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Ben Hill	24 min
Jul 17, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilcox	37 min
Jul 17, 9:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	35 min
Jul 17, 9:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	36 min
Jul 17, 10:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	37 min
Jul 18, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	43 min
Jul 18, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lumpkin, White	50 min
Jul 18, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	36 min
Jul 18, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	51 min
Jul 18, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	36 min
Jul 18, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton	35 min
Jul 18, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb	49 min
Jul 18, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Rockdale	29 min
Jul 18, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale	27 min
Jul 18, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	43 min
Jul 18, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding	30 min
Jul 18, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	33 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.