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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 30, 2015Troup County, Georgia

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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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, Dec 30, 4:00 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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 8518

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 29, 7:53 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCClayton, Fayette, Spalding15 hr
Dec 29, 8:33 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Rockdale49 hr
Dec 29, 10:07 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCFayette, Spalding3 days
Dec 30, 7:29 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCBarrow, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton and 1 more6 hr
Dec 30, 8:23 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCBanks, Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Forsyth and 7 more6 hr
Dec 30, 10:51 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCWashington, Wilkinson51 hr
Dec 30, 10:51 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth19 hr
Dec 30, 10:51 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCNewton3 days
Dec 30, 11:35 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Upson25 min
Dec 30, 11:49 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper26 min
Dec 30, 12:05 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCGreene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Wilkes10 hr
Dec 30, 12:30 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Pike, Talbot and 3 more9 hr
Dec 30, 12:37 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCFayette34 hr
Dec 30, 12:41 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Newton and 3 more94 min
Dec 30, 12:50 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCButts, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Jasper and 6 more9 hr
Dec 30, 1:19 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCBarrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe6 hr
Dec 30, 2:38 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCMorgan, Newton24 hr
Dec 30, 2:38 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson22 hr
Dec 30, 3:17 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCClayton, Fayette, Spalding32 hr
Dec 30, 3:17 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Spalding26 hr
Dec 30, 3:17 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCNewton8 days
Dec 30, 3:35 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCTroup27 hr
Dec 30, 4:03 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale24 hr
Dec 30, 4:46 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCGlascock, Greene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren and 2 more6 hr
Dec 30, 5:40 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCMacon, Marion, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Taylor and 1 more6 hr
Dec 30, 5:52 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCNewton, Walton24 hr

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.