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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
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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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 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.
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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 3:52 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 20, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 9:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 3:53 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 40 more | 15 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Houston | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dooly, Pulaski | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dodge, Wilcox | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dodge, Treutlen, Wheeler, Wilcox | 65 min |
| Jul 21, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding, Polk | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding | 27 min |
| Jul 21, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 32 min |
| Jul 21, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 32 min |
| Jul 21, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker, Whitfield | 23 min |
| Jul 21, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens, Walker and 1 more | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Gilmer, Pickens | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Jackson, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 38 min |
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