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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 21, 20155 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 21, 2015, 4:25 PM EDT for 5 counties in 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 21, 2015, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2015, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Butts County, GA, Henry County, GA, Newton County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding 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.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 21, 3:32 PM EDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 3:32 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 4:45 AM EDT, 11 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
445 AM EDT TUE JUL 21 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-221000-
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-
445 AM EDT TUE JUL 21 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON.
ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THE EVENING.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
MAX HEAT INDICES OF 103 TO 109 CAN BE EXPECTED. REFER TO THE
HEAT ADVISORY /ATLNPWFFC/ FOR MORE INFORMATION.

GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED STORMS COULD
PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

HEAT INDICES OF 105 OR GREATER WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY.

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS MOST EVERY DAY. GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 3:52 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 3:56 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 4:04 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 4:08 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 4:22 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 4:25 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 20, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk24 min
Jul 20, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb30 min
Jul 20, 8:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Fulton31 min
Jul 20, 9:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb31 min
Jul 21, 3:53 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 40 more15 hr
Jul 21, 12:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Houston40 min
Jul 21, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens51 min
Jul 21, 1:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Dooly, Pulaski41 min
Jul 21, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dodge, Wilcox45 min
Jul 21, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens, Treutlen36 min
Jul 21, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dodge, Treutlen, Wheeler, Wilcox65 min
Jul 21, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding, Polk47 min
Jul 21, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Webster44 min
Jul 21, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin40 min
Jul 21, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton46 min
Jul 21, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Toombs50 min
Jul 21, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding27 min
Jul 21, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin51 min
Jul 21, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb32 min
Jul 21, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Fulton32 min
Jul 21, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker, Whitfield23 min
Jul 21, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns, Union34 min
Jul 21, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, DeKalb26 min
Jul 21, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens, Walker and 1 more52 min
Jul 21, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin, White38 min
Jul 21, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan44 min
Jul 21, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee39 min
Jul 21, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Gilmer, Pickens51 min
Jul 21, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Cherokee48 min
Jul 21, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth, Hall, Lumpkin44 min
Jul 21, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett38 min
Jul 21, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Jackson, Oconee, Oglethorpe46 min
Jul 21, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe38 min

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Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2015Every 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.