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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 31, 2016Bibb County, Crawford County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2016, 2:20 PM EDT for Bibb County, Crawford County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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: Jul 31, 2016, 2:20 PM EDT (18:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2016, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Bibb County, GA, Crawford 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 Jul 31, 1:51 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 1:51 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 1:46 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 31, 1:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
114 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2016

GAZ080-311745-
TAYLOR GA-
114 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TAYLOR COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM EDT...

AT 113 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BUTLER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...UP TO 40 MPH WIND...PEA 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. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S
           LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
           ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. ELECTRICAL
           APPLIANCES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
BUTLER...REYNOLDS...POTTERVILLE AND FICKLING MILL.

LAT...LON 3261 8432 3269 8420 3268 8418 3269 8414
      3268 8413 3269 8411 3264 8408 3263 8406
      3263 8407 3258 8407 3256 8405 3255 8402
      3254 8401 3251 8409 3251 8411 3250 8413
      3247 8421
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 239DEG 14KT 3258 8419

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 1:27 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 1:50 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
150 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2016

GAZ092-104-311815-
SUMTER GA-SCHLEY GA-
150 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SUMTER AND SOUTHEASTERN SCHLEY
COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT...

AT 150 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER AMERICUS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...UP TO 40 MPH WIND...PEA 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. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S
           LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
           ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. ELECTRICAL
           APPLIANCES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
AMERICUS...ANDERSONVILLE...LAMAR...NEW
ERA...BUMPHEAD...MADDOX...HUNTINGTON AND LA CROSSE.

LAT...LON 3218 8439 3223 8419 3223 8415 3220 8413
      3219 8413 3203 8402 3194 8429
TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 241DEG 14KT 3206 8427

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 2:20 PM EDT, 0 minutes 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
Jul 31, 1:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	31 min
Jul 31, 1:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon, Taylor	36 min
Jul 31, 1:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Schley	33 min
Jul 31, 1:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Peach	30 min
Jul 31, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	25 min
Jul 31, 2:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon, Peach	38 min
Jul 31, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	39 min
Jul 31, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Jones, Twiggs	52 min
Jul 31, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether, Pike	45 min
Jul 31, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion, Muscogee	43 min
Jul 31, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	40 min
Jul 31, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox	41 min
Jul 31, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Talbot	42 min
Jul 31, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski, Wilcox	51 min
Jul 31, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	48 min
Jul 31, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether, Pike	30 min
Jul 31, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	39 min
Jul 31, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Stewart	50 min
Jul 31, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	46 min
Jul 31, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Wheeler	28 min
Jul 31, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton	44 min
Jul 31, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	53 min
Jul 31, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	42 min
Jul 31, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Wheeler	51 min
Jul 31, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Rockdale, Walton	40 min
Jul 31, 7:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe	40 min
Jul 31, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Jackson	39 min

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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.