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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 5, 2015Oglethorpe County, Wilkes County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Sep 5, 2015, 6:20 PM EDT for Oglethorpe County, Wilkes County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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
Sep 5, 2015, 6:20 PM EDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2015, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Oglethorpe County, GA, Wilkes County, GA

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 5, 3:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 3:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 5, 11:55 AM EDT, 6 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1155 AM EDT SAT SEP 5 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-061200-
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-
1155 AM EDT SAT SEP 5 2015

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

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

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE WITH BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN DUE TO SLOW MOVING STORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW
DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO HYDROPLANING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY.
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...BUT THUNDERSTORMS
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 5, 2:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
250 PM EDT SAT SEP 5 2015

GAZ074-076-085-086-051930-
JOHNSON GA-WASHINGTON GA-EMANUEL GA-JEFFERSON GA-
250 PM EDT SAT SEP 5 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON...EASTERN
WASHINGTON...NORTHERN EMANUEL AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM
EDT...

AT 249 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LOUISVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

  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.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
LOUISVILLE...WRENS...WADLEY...DAVISBORO...STAPLETON...BARTOW...
RIDDLEVILLE...STELLAVILLE...MODOC...COLEMANS LAKE...BLUNDALE...
STAPLETONS CROSSROADS AND MOXLEY.

LAT...LON 3307 8229 3293 8227 3284 8232 3282 8227
      3263 8231 3291 8266 3325 8245 3319 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 015DEG 20KT 3308 8233
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 5:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 5, 5:53 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 5, 6:11 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 5, 6:20 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
Sep 5, 12:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe41 min
Sep 5, 1:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Taliaferro28 min
Sep 5, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson40 min
Sep 5, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Gilmer51 min
Sep 5, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Morgan52 min
Sep 5, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer49 min
Sep 5, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee, Oglethorpe38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.