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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 23, 2015, 11:21 AM EDT for Dooly County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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, 11:21 AM EDT (15:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2015, 12:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Dooly County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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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WWUS82 KFFC 231521
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1121 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
GAZ095-105-107-231600-
HOUSTON GA-DOOLY GA-PULASKI GA-
1121 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN HOUSTON...NORTHEASTERN
DOOLY AND NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL NOON EDT...
AT 1121 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM
UNADILLA TO NEAR PINEHURST...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND 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
HAWKINSVILLE...UNADILLA...PINEHURST...HARTFORD...MOCK SPRINGS...
PULASKI STATE PRISON AND BROWNDALE.
LAT...LON 3215 8385 3230 8376 3234 8343 3232 8341
3213 8359
TIME...MOT...LOC 1521Z 270DEG 19KT 3228 8372 3219 8381
$$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, 4 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 7:21 AM EDT, 4 hours 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, 8 hours 9 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, 10:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1003 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
GAZ080>082-093-094-231445-
MACON GA-TAYLOR GA-CRAWFORD GA-PEACH GA-BIBB GA-
1003 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MACON...SOUTHEASTERN
TAYLOR...CRAWFORD...PEACH AND SOUTHWESTERN BIBB COUNTIES UNTIL 1045
AM EDT...
AT 1003 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM
NEAR CULLODEN TO NEAR REYNOLDS TO NEAR IDEAL...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND 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
FORT VALLEY...ROBERTA...BYRON...MARSHALLVILLE...REYNOLDS...IDEAL...
POTTERVILLE...GARDEN VALLEY...HICKS...LEE POPE...LIZELLA...MUSELLA...
HORNS...LAKE TOBESOFKEE...KNOXVILLE...POWERVILLE...NAKOMIS...SANDY
POINT...WINCHESTER AND JACK BROWN ESTATES.
LAT...LON 3237 8425 3256 8411 3283 8408 3285 8394
3285 8390 3286 8388 3287 8378 3262 8377
3236 8401
TIME...MOT...LOC 1403Z 258DEG 18KT 3280 8406 3258 8404 3239 8422Special weather statement, Aug 23, 10:26 AM EDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1026 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
GAZ024-025-027-035>038-047>050-059-060-071>073-231515-
MADISON GA-MORGAN GA-OCONEE GA-NEWTON GA-JONES GA-JASPER GA-
GREENE GA-PUTNAM GA-MONROE GA-JACKSON GA-WALTON GA-OGLETHORPE GA-
BALDWIN GA-BARROW GA-BANKS GA-CLARKE GA-
1026 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MADISON...MORGAN...OCONEE...
EASTERN NEWTON...JONES...JASPER...GREENE...PUTNAM...SOUTHEASTERN
MONROE...JACKSON...EASTERN WALTON...OGLETHORPE...BALDWIN...
SOUTHEASTERN BARROW...SOUTHERN BANKS AND CLARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 1115
AM EDT...
AT 1026 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM
MAYSVILLE TO NEAR RUTLEDGE TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAYNE CITY...AND
MOVING EAST AT 35 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
MILLEDGEVILLE...MONROE...JEFFERSON...COMMERCE...EATONTON...MADISON...
GREENSBORO...GRAY...WATKINSVILLE...MONTICELLO...HOMER...
DANIELSVILLE...LEXINGTON...ATHENS...SOCIAL CIRCLE...STATHAM...
MAYSVILLE...ARCADE...NICHOLSON AND UNION POINT.
LAT...LON 3424 8334 3426 8330 3424 8317 3427 8311
3423 8308 3417 8310 3407 8300 3341 8309
3336 8316 3331 8315 3326 8325 3320 8327
3316 8314 3297 8318 3289 8343 3289 8366
3295 8373 3288 8383 3428 8364 3437 8339
TIME...MOT...LOC 1426Z 258DEG 29KT 3424 8359 3358 8364 3295 8377Local storm report, Aug 23, 10:56 AM EDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1056 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1155 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NE AUBURN 34.03N 83.80W
08/22/2015 BARROW GA EMERGENCY MNGR
WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A BARN ON DEE KENNEDY ROAD.
SOME FARM EQUIPMENT WAS OVERTURNED AND SEVERAL TREES
WERE KNOCKED DOWN.
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC1500645
FRANTZSpecial weather statement, Aug 23, 11:12 AM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1112 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
GAZ037-038-049>051-060-061-073-231600-
TALIAFERRO GA-MORGAN GA-OGLETHORPE GA-OCONEE GA-BALDWIN GA-GREENE GA-
PUTNAM GA-HANCOCK GA-
1112 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN TALIAFERRO...SOUTHEASTERN
MORGAN...SOUTHWESTERN OGLETHORPE...SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE...BALDWIN...
GREENE...PUTNAM AND HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL NOON EDT...
AT 1111 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM
NEAR BISHOP TO REYNOLDS PLANTATION TO 8 MILES WEST OF
MIDWAY-HARDWICK...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND 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
MILLEDGEVILLE...EATONTON...GREENSBORO...SPARTA...CRAWFORDVILLE...
UNION POINT...WOODVILLE...WHITE PLAINS...SILOAM...BISHOP...MAXEYS...
BUCKHEAD...PHOENIX...REYNOLDS PLANTATION...MIDWAY-HARDWICK...
LIBERTY...STEPHENS...MERIWETHER...SPRINGFIELD AND WARFIELD.
LAT...LON 3309 8303 3301 8339 3315 8342 3384 8345
3387 8299 3378 8298 3373 8294 3348 8286
TIME...MOT...LOC 1511Z 258DEG 25KT 3378 8338 3342 8324 3305 8339Local storm report, Aug 23, 11:20 AM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1120 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1030 AM TSTM WND DMG FORT VALLEY 32.55N 83.89W
08/23/2015 PEACH GA 911 CALL CENTER
911 CALL CENTER RECEIVED REPORTS OF NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS FORT VALLEY. SOME LOCATIONS
INCLUDE WEST CHURCH ST...KNOXVILLE ST...NORTH JONES
ST...AND WHITE ST.
&&
EVENT NUMBER FFC1500646
KOVACIKSpecial weather statement, Aug 23, 11:21 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1121 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
GAZ095-105-107-231600-
HOUSTON GA-DOOLY GA-PULASKI GA-
1121 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN HOUSTON...NORTHEASTERN
DOOLY AND NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL NOON EDT...
AT 1121 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM
UNADILLA TO NEAR PINEHURST...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND 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
HAWKINSVILLE...UNADILLA...PINEHURST...HARTFORD...MOCK SPRINGS...
PULASKI STATE PRISON AND BROWNDALE.
LAT...LON 3215 8385 3230 8376 3234 8343 3232 8341
3213 8359
TIME...MOT...LOC 1521Z 270DEG 19KT 3228 8372 3219 8381The 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, 9:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Upson | 28 min |
| 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, 11:41 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.