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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 13, 2016Henry County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 13, 2016, 12:25 AM EDT for Henry County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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: May 13, 2016, 12:25 AM EDT (04:25 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

County Henry County, GA

The radar

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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 May 12, 7:52 PM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 7:52 PM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 2:54 PM EDT, 9 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
254 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2016

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-131900-
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-
254 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD...

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS... DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF
A COLD FRONT THAT WILL PUSH INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA LATE THIS
EVENING... THEN INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS
COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE... MAINLY THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTH
GEORGIA... THEN POSSIBLY LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY MORNING
ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STORMS SHOULD PUSH SOUTH AND EAST OF
THE AREA BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY ON FRIDAY AND A FEW
OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.
THE NEXT CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL BE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT
WEEK.

.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, May 12, 7:23 PM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 12, 7:25 PM EDT, 5 hours before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Spalding	29 min
May 12, 10:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	29 min
May 13, 12:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb	30 min
May 13, 1:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson	42 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

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.