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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 17, 20157 counties in Georgia

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

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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.

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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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 8510

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 3:50 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Harris and 2 more55 min
Dec 17, 4:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe, Schley, Taylor, Upson, Webster27 min
Dec 17, 5:19 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford, Macon, Monroe, Peach, Schley and 3 more56 min
Dec 17, 6:08 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth19 hr
Dec 17, 6:08 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton55 hr
Dec 17, 6:09 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford, Macon, Peach, Sumter66 min
Dec 17, 7:04 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Macon, Peach, Schley, Sumter, Taylor and 1 more41 min
Dec 17, 7:46 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wilcox44 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.