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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 17, 2016Spalding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 17, 2016, 8:08 PM EDT for Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 17, 2016, 8:08 PM EDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2016, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Spalding 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 Aug 17, 7:37 PM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 7:37 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 4:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 17, 7:33 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
733 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

GAZ037-180000-
OCONEE GA-
733 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR OCONEE COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 733 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER BISHOP...OR OVER
WATKINSVILLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

  HAZARD...UP TO 40 MPH WIND...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
           AND HEAVY RAIN.

  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.
           MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE
           LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO HYDROPLANING. ALSO...THE HEAVY
           RAIN MAY CAUSE TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING OR ROAD PONDING
           IN SLOW DRAINAGE AREAS. WHEN WATER COVERS THE
           ROAD...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
WATKINSVILLE...BOGART...NORTH HIGH SHOALS...BISHOP...ATHENS-CLARKE
COUNTY...BARNETT SHOALS...FARMINGTON AND EASTVILLE.

LAT...LON 3393 8351 3393 8342 3387 8336 3387 8333
      3386 8333 3385 8328 3381 8330 3381 8329
      3380 8329 3372 8334 3375 8345 3380 8348
      3382 8353 3383 8354 3395 8353
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 197DEG 3KT 3383 8342
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 7:34 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 7:37 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 8:02 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
802 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

GAZ078-180045-
HARRIS GA-
802 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARRIS COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM EDT...

AT 802 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER MULBERRY GROVE...OR 9
MILES NORTHEAST OF SMITHS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
           AND HEAVY RAIN.

  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.
           MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE
           LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO HYDROPLANING. ALSO...THE HEAVY
           RAIN MAY CAUSE TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING OR ROAD PONDING
           IN SLOW DRAINAGE AREAS. WHEN WATER COVERS THE
           ROAD...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE HAMILTON...WAVERLY
HALL...ELLERSLIE...MOUNTAIN HILL...CATAULA...MULBERRY GROVE AND
FORTSON.

LAT...LON 3279 8499 3279 8474 3264 8476 3260 8491
      3261 8491 3261 8502 3268 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 236DEG 9KT 3263 8496
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 8:02 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 8:08 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 8:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett28 min
Aug 17, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe46 min
Aug 17, 9:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe58 min
Aug 17, 10:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCClarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe6 hr
Aug 18, 4:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson45 min
Aug 18, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson29 min
Aug 18, 1:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock26 min
Aug 18, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin30 min
Aug 18, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes23 min
Aug 18, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington35 min
Aug 18, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson43 min
Aug 18, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Taliaferro25 min
Aug 18, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens39 min
Aug 18, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta30 min
Aug 18, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta18 min
Aug 18, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa50 min
Aug 18, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel30 min
Aug 18, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll24 min
Aug 18, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler35 min
Aug 18, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs33 min
Aug 18, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk33 min
Aug 18, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield27 min
Aug 18, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow25 min
Aug 18, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette25 min
Aug 18, 5:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCClarke6 hr
Aug 18, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Paulding25 min
Aug 18, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade35 min
Aug 18, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb39 min
Aug 18, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett47 min
Aug 18, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth27 min
Aug 18, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton24 min
Aug 18, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb61 min
Aug 18, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Jackson24 min
Aug 18, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison44 min
Aug 18, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp40 min
Aug 18, 7:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson6 hr
Aug 18, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall37 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.