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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 31, 2015Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2015, 3:33 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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 31, 2015, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2015, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Laurens County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 3:44 PM EDT, 23 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
344 PM EDT THU JUL 30 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-311100-
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-
344 PM EDT THU JUL 30 2015

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

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

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
...A FEW COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM THREATS WILL BE
STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS... FREQUENT
LIGHTNING... LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF
A COLD FRONT THAT WILL PUSH ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...
THEN STALL ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT. AS THE FRONT PUSHES
THROUGH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS... A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME
STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE DURING DAYTIME HEATING. THIS THREAT WILL
BE GREATEST ALONG AND SOUTH OF A CEDARTOWN TO GAINESVILLE LINE
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

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

BEHIND A WEAK COLD FRONT... A DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR MASS WILL
SETTLE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AND LESSON RAIN CHANCES THERE OVER THE
WEEKEND AND THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. A STALLED
FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL HELP PROVIDE A FOCUS
FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THERE OVER THE WEEKEND.
HOWEVER... SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. THE WEAKENING FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO PUSH SOUTH OF THE AREA BY MONDAY... WITH A DRIER
NORTHERLY FLOW LESSONING RAIN CHANCES FOR ALL AREAS BY MONDAY.

BEHIND THE FRONT... A BRIEF RELIEF FROM THE HEAT IS EXPECTED AS
SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY SPREAD FROM
NORTH GEORGIA ON FRIDAY INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA OVER THE WEEKEND. THE
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND NEAR CRITICAL HIGH HEAT INDICES ARE
EXPECTED TO RETURN TO MUCH OF THE AREA BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY 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.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 30, 8:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Jones	43 min
Jul 31, 12:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery	35 min
Jul 31, 1:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	29 min
Jul 31, 1:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	31 min
Jul 31, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	32 min
Jul 31, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	35 min
Jul 31, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	13 min
Jul 31, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens	48 min
Jul 31, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	32 min
Jul 31, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Schley	29 min
Jul 31, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson	38 min
Jul 31, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris	49 min
Jul 31, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	25 min
Jul 31, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	36 min
Jul 31, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Twiggs	32 min
Jul 31, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	37 min
Jul 31, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski	34 min
Jul 31, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly, Wilcox	27 min
Jul 31, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Wilcox	45 min
Jul 31, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	31 min
Jul 31, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	37 min
Jul 31, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Schley	27 min

Nearby

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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.