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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Dec 30, 2015, 6:15 AM EST for Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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 30, 2015, 6:15 AM EST (11:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2015, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:18 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 30, 3:39 AM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 3:39 AM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 400 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-311100- 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- 400 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. REFER TO THE FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT /ATLFFAFFC/ FOR MORE INFORMATION. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA INTO TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... OCCASIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OR CONTINUE AND ENHANCE CURRENT FLOODING. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING IS THE MOST LIKELY HAZARD FROM THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA ON THURSDAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD. OTHERWISE HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 6:15 AM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
615 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015
GAZ066-301200-
TROUP GA-
615 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TROUP COUNTY UNTIL 700 AM EST...
AT 615 AM EST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM
HOGANSVILLE TO NEAR STANDING ROCK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
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
LAGRANGE...WEST POINT...HOGANSVILLE...HARRISONVILLE...BAUGHS
CROSSROADS...BIG SPRINGS...HILLCREST...MOUNTVILLE...ABBOTTSFORD...
WARES CROSSROADS...STATE LINE PARK...LOUISE...PIEDMONT HEIGHTS...
CANNONVILLE...SMITHS CROSSROAD...LONG CANE AND JONES CROSSROADS.
LAT...LON 3316 8512 3320 8510 3317 8508 3322 8494
3322 8486 3287 8486 3287 8518 3313 8524
TIME...MOT...LOC 1115Z 219DEG 25KT 3317 8492 3305 8518The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 7:53 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 15 hr |
| Dec 29, 8:33 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 49 hr |
| Dec 29, 10:07 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 3 days |
| Dec 30, 7:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:23 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Banks, Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Forsyth and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Washington, Wilkinson | 51 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 19 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton | 3 days |
| Dec 30, 11:35 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Upson | 25 min |
| Dec 30, 11:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 26 min |
| Dec 30, 12:05 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 10 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Pike, Talbot and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:37 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette | 34 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Newton and 3 more | 94 min |
| Dec 30, 12:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Butts, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Jasper and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 30, 1:19 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:38 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton | 24 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:38 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 22 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:17 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 32 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:17 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 26 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:17 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton | 8 days |
| Dec 30, 3:35 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Troup | 27 hr |
| Dec 30, 4:03 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 24 hr |
| Dec 30, 4:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 5:40 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Taylor and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 5:52 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 24 hr |
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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.