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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 23, 2015, 9:02 AM EDT for Lamar County, Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
- Aug 23, 2015, 9:02 AM EDT (13:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2015, 9:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Lamar County, GA, Upson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 52 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 536 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Aug 23, 7:21 AM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 7:21 AM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 721 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 352 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... THERE ARE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LEFT OVER FROM THE SHORTWAVE THAT MOVED ACROSS THE AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS ARE DIMINISHING BUT ANOTHER SHORTWAVE NOW OVER NORTHERN MS WILL MAKE ITS WAY EAST INTO N GA LATER THIS MORNING. THIS WAVE IS DEVELOPING AND THE HI RES MODELS SHOW IT EXPLODING AS IT PUSHES EAST THROUGH AL AND INTO N GA BY 12-14Z. ALL THE HI RES MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER N GA THIS MORNING THEN MOVING SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE DAY. INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE DECENT ACROSS THE AREA WITH CAPES IN THE 500 TO 1500 RANGE AND DECENT LAPSE RATES ALSO. LOOKS LIKE THE BIGGEST THREAT MAY BE THE HEAVY RAIN WITH PWS IN THE 2.0 TO 2.16 RANGE THROUGH 12Z MONDAY. WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVING ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS N GA THIS MORNING ALREADY...ANY MORE RAIN LATER TODAY MAY PUSH SOME OF THE RIVERS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS. MAY ALSO SEE SOME ISOLATED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN FORSYTH...GWINNETT...WHITE AND WALTON COUNTIES WHERE THE LARGEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE FALLEN. AS THIS WAVE AND ASSOCIATED STORMS MOVE EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT...A LITTLE BIT DRIER AIRMASS MOVES IN BUT A SECOND FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES BACK INTO N GA BETWEEN 12-18Z MONDAY. THIS FRONT IN VERY WEAK AND DOES NOT HAVE MUCH MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. WILL SEE SOME SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY WITH THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE BUT NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING SEVERE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 01 LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... MID TO LONG RANGE MODELS SHOW GOOD AGREEMENT WITH A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON... WITH A DRIER... MUCH MORE STABLE AIR MASS IN ITS WAKE. THE PREVAILING NORTHWEST FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT WILL RESULT IN A DRY AND COOLER FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED... WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF CONVECTION OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST ZONES FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WHERE THE SEA BREEZE FRONT COULD SPARK A FEW STORMS. OROGRAPHIC LIFT MAY SPARK A FEW AFTERNOON OR EVENING SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. OTHERWISE... THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA REMAINS POP FREE. MOS GUIDANCES ARE SHOWING MUCH COOLER LOWS IN THE 60S FOR MOST AREAS... WHILE HIGHS IN THE MID AND UPPER 80S... WITH SOME LOWER 90S ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL. 39 && .AVIATION... 12Z UPDATE... AN UPPER SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO N GA. A FEW OF THE TAF SITES SEEING PRECIPITATION BUT IT IS STILL DEVELOPING SO EXPECT THEM TO ALL SEE SOME PRECIP BY 12-14Z. CEILINGS SHOULD STAY IN THE VFR TO MVFR RANGE WITH SOME ISOLATED IFR READINGS IN AND AROUND ANY STRONGER STORMS. WINDS ARE OUT OF THE E TO SE BUT WILL TURN TO THE W TO NW BY 14Z. WIND SPEEDS WILL STAY IN THE 5-10KT RANGE. //ATL CONFIDENCE...12Z UPDATE... CONFIDENCE MEDIUM TO HIGH ON ALL ELEMENTS. 01 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 88 71 92 69 / 70 40 30 10 ATLANTA 88 73 89 67 / 60 20 30 5 BLAIRSVILLE 83 66 83 58 / 60 20 20 5 CARTERSVILLE 88 70 88 63 / 70 20 20 5 COLUMBUS 91 74 93 70 / 60 20 30 20 GAINESVILLE 86 71 88 67 / 70 30 30 5 MACON 91 73 93 71 / 60 40 30 20 ROME 89 71 88 62 / 70 20 20 5 PEACHTREE CITY 89 71 90 66 / 60 20 30 10 VIDALIA 91 73 94 74 / 60 50 30 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...01 LONG TERM....39 AVIATION...01
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 3:12 AM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 312 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-240715- 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- 312 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY... ...A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE... WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... THE MAIN STORM THREATS TODAY WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... STRONG TO POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS... SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. MINOR FLOODING ALONG LOW LYING... FLOOD PRONE CREEKS AND ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE. DISCUSSION... A STRONG UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL SPARK SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG... AND POSSIBLY SEVERE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON... WHILE THE BEST THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE UPPER DISTURBANCE AND THUNDERSTORM THREAT SHOULD PUSH EAST OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY FOR MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING TO BE THE MOST LIKELY HAZARDS. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH OF THE AREA BY TUESDAY NIGHT... WITH A DRIER MORE STABLE AIR MASS SETTLING OVER THE AREA INTO SATURDAY. .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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 7:56 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
756 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
GAZ042-052-053-231245-
HEARD GA-COWETA GA-CARROLL GA-
756 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN HEARD...NORTHWESTERN
COWETA AND SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTIES UNTIL 845 AM EDT...
AT 756 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM
NEAR CARROLLTON TO NEAR EPHESUS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.
IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN
EMERGENCY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN
AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO
HYDROPLANING. WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...REMEMBER TO
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
CARROLLTON...FRANKLIN...WHITESBURG...EPHESUS...CENTRALHATCHEE...
ROOPVILLE...LOWELL...POWERS CROSSROADS...TREASURE LAKE...FROLONA...
PLANT WANSLEY...ROOSTERVILLE...HANDY...ABILENE...ARNCO-SARGENT...
BYERS CROSSROADS...DUNAWAY GARDENS...CLEM...ROSCOE AND PLANT YATES.
LAT...LON 3368 8506 3369 8490 3358 8491 3357 8481
3355 8483 3353 8482 3351 8482 3351 8477
3325 8495 3329 8527 3335 8528
TIME...MOT...LOC 1156Z 263DEG 22KT 3362 8499 3334 8521Special weather statement, Aug 23, 8:12 AM EDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
812 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
GAZ031>033-043-044-054-055-231245-
COBB GA-NORTH FULTON GA-PAULDING GA-SOUTH FULTON GA-CLAYTON GA-
FAYETTE GA-DOUGLAS GA-
812 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COBB...SOUTHWESTERN NORTH
FULTON...SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING...SOUTH FULTON...CLAYTON...NORTHERN
FAYETTE AND NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 845 AM EDT...
AT 812 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM 6
MILES NORTH OF HIRAM TO 7 MILES WEST OF EAST POINT TO NEAR
FAYETTEVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.
IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD
NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN
LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY.
MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE
LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO HYDROPLANING. WHEN WATER COVERS
THE ROAD...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
ATLANTA...MARIETTA...DOUGLASVILLE...FAYETTEVILLE...DALLAS...
JONESBORO...SMYRNA...PEACHTREE CITY...EAST POINT...KENNESAW...
ACWORTH...UNION CITY...FOREST PARK...RIVERDALE...COLLEGE PARK...
POWDER SPRINGS...FAIRBURN...TYRONE...AUSTELL AND MORROW.
LAT...LON 3408 8460 3374 8438 3345 8429 3343 8431
3343 8435 3339 8436 3338 8457 3366 8468
3397 8483
TIME...MOT...LOC 1212Z 257DEG 15KT 3397 8473 3370 8456 3340 8446Special weather statement, Aug 23, 8:37 AM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
837 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
GAZ021-022-032>034-045-046-055-057-231300-
DEKALB GA-HENRY GA-COBB GA-NORTH FULTON GA-CLAYTON GA-GWINNETT GA-
ROCKDALE GA-CHEROKEE GA-FORSYTH GA-
837 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DEKALB...HENRY...NORTHEASTERN
COBB...NORTH FULTON...NORTHEASTERN CLAYTON...SOUTHWESTERN GWINNETT...
WESTERN ROCKDALE...SOUTHERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTHWESTERN FORSYTH
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM EDT...
AT 837 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM
NEAR WOODSTOCK TO NEAR DECATUR TO LOVEJOY...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.
IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN
EMERGENCY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN
AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO
HYDROPLANING. WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...REMEMBER TO
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
ATLANTA...MCDONOUGH...DECATUR...CONYERS...JONESBORO...SANDY
SPRINGS...ROSWELL...JOHNS CREEK...ALPHARETTA...DUNWOODY...MILTON...
DULUTH...STOCKBRIDGE...WOODSTOCK...FOREST PARK...LILBURN...
CHAMBLEE...NORCROSS...DORAVILLE AND CLARKSTON.
LAT...LON 3382 8404 3355 8402 3352 8405 3352 8404
3349 8403 3350 8402 3339 8401 3339 8432
3365 8437 3365 8435 3366 8437 3374 8439
3410 8453 3420 8422
TIME...MOT...LOC 1237Z 258DEG 26KT 3405 8446 3375 8432 3342 8430Special weather statement, Aug 23, 8:41 AM EDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
841 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
GAZ042-052-053-066>068-231330-
HEARD GA-TROUP GA-COWETA GA-CARROLL GA-PIKE GA-MERIWETHER GA-
841 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEARD...TROUP...COWETA...
SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL...SOUTHWESTERN PIKE AND MERIWETHER COUNTIES
UNTIL 930 AM EDT...
AT 840 AM EDT...SEVERAL SMALL LINES OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH.
HAZARD...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.
IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN
EMERGENCY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN
AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO
HYDROPLANING. WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...REMEMBER TO
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
NEWNAN...LAGRANGE...CARROLLTON...FRANKLIN...GREENVILLE...PEACHTREE
CITY...TYRONE...PALMETTO...MANCHESTER...SENOIA...HOGANSVILLE...
GRANTVILLE...WOODBURY...LUTHERSVILLE...WHITESBURG...EPHESUS...WARM
SPRINGS...CENTRALHATCHEE...MORELAND AND SHARPSBURG.
LAT...LON 3340 8525 3361 8516 3356 8482 3351 8482
3351 8462 3350 8461 3346 8463 3340 8461
3336 8458 3332 8452 3326 8450 3286 8453
3285 8457 3284 8469 3303 8522 3328 8527
TIME...MOT...LOC 1240Z 286DEG 30KT 3353 8509 3336 8508 3311 8524Special weather statement, Aug 23, 8:53 AM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
853 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
GAZ044-054-231330-
SOUTH FULTON GA-FAYETTE GA-
853 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH FULTON AND FAYETTE COUNTIES
UNTIL 930 AM EDT...
AT 852 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM
NEAR CHATTAHOOCHEE HILL COUNTRY TO NEAR TYRONE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.
IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN
EMERGENCY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN
AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO
HYDROPLANING. WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...REMEMBER TO
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
FAYETTEVILLE...PEACHTREE CITY...UNION CITY...FAIRBURN...TYRONE...
PALMETTO...WOOLSEY...CHATTAHOOCHEE HILL COUNTRY...INMAN...SANDY CREEK
AND CAMPBELLTON.
LAT...LON 3356 8483 3359 8481 3363 8475 3365 8471
3366 8466 3368 8465 3368 8464 3372 8460
3336 8439 3333 8439 3336 8459 3344 8463
3348 8462 3349 8461 3351 8462 3351 8478
3356 8482
TIME...MOT...LOC 1252Z 239DEG 22KT 3358 8472 3345 8456Special weather statement, Aug 23, 9:02 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
902 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
GAZ068>070-231330-
UPSON GA-PIKE GA-LAMAR GA-
902 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN UPSON...SOUTHEASTERN
PIKE AND SOUTHWESTERN LAMAR COUNTIES UNTIL 930 AM EDT...
AT 902 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE ROCK...OR NEAR
THOMASTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.
IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN
EMERGENCY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN
AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO
HYDROPLANING. WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...REMEMBER TO
TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
THOMASTON...BARNESVILLE...YATESVILLE...ALDORA...THE ROCK...HANNAHS
MILL AND PIEDMONT.
LAT...LON 3312 8416 3293 8409 3293 8412 3289 8413
3287 8432 3299 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 1302Z 247DEG 22KT 3294 8428The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 9:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 38 min |
| Aug 22, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 37 min |
| Aug 22, 10:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 44 min |
| Aug 22, 10:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 36 min |
| Aug 22, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 44 min |
| Aug 22, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 45 min |
| Aug 22, 11:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett | 36 min |
| Aug 22, 11:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 42 min |
| Aug 22, 11:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 38 min |
| Aug 22, 11:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 40 min |
| Aug 22, 11:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Walton | 37 min |
| Aug 22, 11:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 41 min |
| Aug 22, 11:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 12:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 24 min |
| Aug 23, 12:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 32 min |
| Aug 23, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee, Walton | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 12:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 38 min |
| Aug 23, 12:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 33 min |
| Aug 23, 12:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 1:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale, Walton | 29 min |
| Aug 23, 1:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 36 min |
| Aug 23, 1:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Rockdale, Walton | 30 min |
| Aug 23, 1:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Walton | 4 hr |
| Aug 23, 1:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Oconee, Walton | 33 min |
| Aug 23, 2:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 34 min |
| Aug 23, 3:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 40 min |
| Aug 23, 4:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 7 days |
| Aug 23, 5:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 6:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 23 min |
| Aug 23, 6:14 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 7 days |
| Aug 23, 6:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 37 min |
| Aug 23, 6:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 6:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Polk | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 7:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 30 min |
| Aug 23, 7:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 39 min |
| Aug 23, 7:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 7:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 49 min |
| Aug 23, 8:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, Fayette, Fulton | 33 min |
| Aug 23, 8:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Henry | 23 min |
| Aug 23, 8:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 49 min |
| Aug 23, 8:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 37 min |
| Aug 23, 8:55 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 33 hr |
| Aug 23, 9:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Henry, Lumpkin, Rockdale | 38 min |
| Aug 23, 9:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Taylor | 49 min |
| Aug 23, 9:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Butts, Clarke, Clayton, DeKalb and 12 more | 47 min |
| Aug 23, 10:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Macon, Peach | 42 min |
| Aug 23, 10:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Macon, Peach | 42 min |
| Aug 23, 10:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Jones and 5 more | 49 min |
| Aug 23, 10:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Peach, Twiggs | 53 min |
| Aug 23, 11:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Houston, Jones, Pulaski and 2 more | 40 min |
| Aug 23, 11:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Oconee, Putnam | 48 min |
| Aug 23, 11:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 39 min |
| Aug 23, 11:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens, Wilkinson | 49 min |
| Aug 23, 11:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 38 min |
| Aug 23, 12:03 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 9 hr |
| Aug 23, 12:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski | 42 min |
| Aug 23, 12:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Treutlen, Washington | 60 min |
| Aug 23, 12:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 41 min |
| Aug 23, 12:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Washington | 46 min |
| Aug 23, 12:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler, Wilcox | 41 min |
| Aug 23, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 24 min |
| Aug 23, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 42 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.