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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 22, 2016Monroe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jan 22, 2016, 1:54 PM EST for Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jan 22, 2016, 1:54 PM EST (18:54 UTC)
Expired: Jan 22, 2016, 2:30 PM EST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Monroe County, GA

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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 Jan 22, 12:06 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 12:06 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 22, 11:14 AM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 22, 11:52 AM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 22, 12:41 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1241 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

GAZ067>071-079-080-221845-
TALBOT GA-UPSON GA-TAYLOR GA-PIKE GA-LAMAR GA-MONROE GA-
MERIWETHER GA-
1241 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TALBOT...UPSON...NORTHWESTERN
TAYLOR...SOUTHERN PIKE...SOUTHERN LAMAR...SOUTHWESTERN MONROE AND
SOUTHEASTERN MERIWETHER COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM EST...

AT 1240 PM EST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM
NEAR MANCHESTER TO NEAR GENEVA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...UP TO 40 MPH WIND...PEA SIZED HAIL AND ISOLATED CLOUD TO
           GROUND 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 THESE STORMS INCLUDE
THOMASTON...BARNESVILLE...ZEBULON...TALBOTTON...MANCHESTER...
WOODBURY...WOODLAND...MOLENA...YATESVILLE...MEANSVILLE...JUNCTION
CITY...CULLODEN...GENEVA...ALDORA...THE ROCK...LINCOLN PARK...SUNSET
VILLAGE...PRATTSBURG...CREST AND PLEASANT HILL.

LAT...LON 3253 8466 3294 8465 3311 8431 3300 8398
      3285 8408 3285 8412 3280 8412 3280 8415
      3269 8420 3268 8419 3256 8427 3255 8445
      3256 8445 3256 8449 3254 8451 3255 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 1740Z 240DEG 33KT 3288 8458 3253 8459

Local storm report, Jan 22, 12:58 PM EST, 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 22, 1:13 PM EST, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 22, 1:34 PM EST, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 22, 1:54 PM EST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
154 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

GAZ069-071-081-221930-
UPSON GA-CRAWFORD GA-MONROE GA-
154 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN UPSON...NORTHWESTERN
CRAWFORD AND MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EST...

AT 153 PM EST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER CULLODEN...OR 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ROBERTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND...UP TO PENNY SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT
           CLOUD TO GROUND 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
FORSYTH...YATESVILLE...CULLODEN...RUSSELLVILLE...JULIETTE...
BOLINGBROKE...PLANT SCHERER...MUSELLA...BRENT...DAMES FERRY...LOGTOWN
AND SALEM.

LAT...LON 3286 8423 3293 8410 3293 8406 3297 8404
      3312 8380 3308 8377 3303 8372 3301 8373
      3300 8372 3298 8372 3296 8371 3295 8371
      3295 8373 3294 8373 3290 8382 3284 8389
      3270 8417
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 231DEG 31KT 3285 8410

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 22, 2:15 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Harris, Heard, Muscogee, Troup	45 min
Jan 22, 3:12 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Troup	33 min
Jan 22, 3:46 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart	29 min
Jan 22, 4:24 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Fayette, Harris, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee and 5 more	51 min
Jan 22, 5:20 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Chattahoochee, Clayton, Coweta, Crawford, DeKalb and 21 more	40 min
Jan 22, 5:21 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton	52 hr
Jan 22, 7:12 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	15 hr
Jan 22, 7:22 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb	24 hr
Jan 22, 7:48 AM EST	High Wind Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer and 9 more	5 hr
Jan 22, 7:48 AM EST	Wind Advisory	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee and 31 more	7 hr
Jan 22, 8:10 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett, Walton	12 hr
Jan 22, 9:48 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	27 min
Jan 22, 10:56 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale	24 hr
Jan 22, 10:56 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Newton, Rockdale	33 hr
Jan 22, 10:56 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs	5 days
Jan 22, 10:56 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Barrow, Jackson	28 hr
Jan 22, 10:56 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Oconee	69 hr
Jan 22, 10:56 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson	6 days
Jan 22, 11:52 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Harris, Heard, Meriwether and 1 more	53 min
Jan 22, 12:41 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot, Upson	64 min
Jan 22, 1:13 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Spalding	47 min
Jan 22, 1:34 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Monroe	26 min
Jan 22, 2:10 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	35 min
Jan 22, 2:29 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	46 min
Jan 22, 2:52 PM EST	Wind Advisory	FFC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more	28 hr
Jan 22, 3:08 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	37 min
Jan 22, 3:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Jones	33 min
Jan 22, 3:23 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	37 min
Jan 22, 3:44 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	16 hr
Jan 22, 3:52 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	38 min
Jan 22, 4:03 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	42 min

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