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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Dec 17, 2015, 1:28 AM EST for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 62 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
- Dec 17, 2015, 1:28 AM EST (06:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 17, 2015, 2:30 AM EST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Heard County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:32 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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</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 Dec 17, 1:07 AM EST, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 1:07 AM EST, 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 16, 12:10 PM EST, 13 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1210 PM EST WED DEC 16 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-171715- 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- 1210 PM EST WED DEC 16 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE EXTREME WESTERN PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AS A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MAINLY THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE REGION. HOWEVER AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO ALABAMA LATER TONIGHT...A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...MAINLY SOUTH OF I-20 AND WEST OF I-75...AND MAINLY AFTER 3 AM TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA ON THURSDAY. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE SOUTH OF I-20 WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADOES. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .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, Dec 17, 1:28 AM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
128 AM EST THU DEC 17 2015
GAZ032-033-042>046-052>055-057-066-067-170730-
HEARD GA-DEKALB GA-HENRY GA-COBB GA-NORTH FULTON GA-SOUTH FULTON GA-
TROUP GA-CLAYTON GA-COWETA GA-CARROLL GA-ROCKDALE GA-FAYETTE GA-
DOUGLAS GA-MERIWETHER GA-
128 AM EST THU DEC 17 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEARD...SOUTHWESTERN DEKALB...
NORTHWESTERN HENRY...SOUTHERN COBB...NORTH FULTON...SOUTH FULTON...
TROUP...CLAYTON...COWETA...SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL...SOUTHWESTERN
ROCKDALE...FAYETTE...DOUGLAS AND NORTHWESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTIES
UNTIL 230 AM EST...
AT 127 AM EST...A LINE OF SHOWERS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
EXTENDED FROM NEAR FAIRBURN TO NEAR LAGRANGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE.
HAZARD...HEAVY RAIN.
IMPACT...LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
IS 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...NEWNAN...DOUGLASVILLE...LAGRANGE...DECATUR...
FAYETTEVILLE...JONESBORO...FRANKLIN...SANDY SPRINGS...SMYRNA...
PEACHTREE CITY...EAST POINT...STOCKBRIDGE...UNION CITY...FOREST
PARK...RIVERDALE...COLLEGE PARK...FAIRBURN AND TYRONE.
LAT...LON 3338 8527 3398 8443 3358 8410 3289 8519
TIME...MOT...LOC 0627Z 234DEG 20KT 3357 8462 3309 8510The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 3:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Harris and 2 more | 55 min |
| Dec 17, 4:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe, Schley, Taylor, Upson, Webster | 27 min |
| Dec 17, 5:19 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Macon, Monroe, Peach, Schley and 3 more | 56 min |
| Dec 17, 6:08 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 19 hr |
| Dec 17, 6:08 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 55 hr |
| Dec 17, 6:09 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Macon, Peach, Sumter | 66 min |
| Dec 17, 7:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Macon, Peach, Schley, Sumter, Taylor and 1 more | 41 min |
| Dec 17, 7:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wilcox | 44 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.