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Winter Weather Advisory 6, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 23, 201613 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 23, 2016, 1:23 PM EST for 13 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 23, 2016, 1:23 PM EST (18:23 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2016, 10:00 AM EST
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Catoosa County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 winter weather advisory went out at Jan 22, 6:40 PM EST, 18 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 6:40 PM EST, 18 hours 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 22, 3:46 PM EST, 21 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
346 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

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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-
346 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

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

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

A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
TONIGHT...LIFTING OUT OF THE AREA SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL
PRODUCE A WINTRY MIX ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...THEN TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR NORTH GEORGIA AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE ATLANTA
METROPOLITAN AREA.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN LOW
LYING AREAS AND ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS. MINOR RIVER FLOODING IS
ALSO POSSIBLE. THE FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS MAINLY ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA FOR
SATURDAY.

THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR NORTH GEORGIA
THROUGH SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH SATURDAY.

SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNINGS WILL
LIKELY ALLOW FOR SOME SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS DUE TO MELTING OF
PREVIOUS SNOW AND ICE AND THEN THE RE-FREEZING OF THAT AT
NIGHTTIME. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN
TIER OF THE FORECAST AREA.

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF A WINTRY MIX ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH
GEORGIA TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...AND ANY DAMAGE CAUSED
BY THE WINTER STORM. YOU CAN SUBMIT REPORTS THROUGH THE WEB BY
GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 22, 8:25 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCClayton, Fayette, Spalding20 hr
Jan 22, 8:25 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Spalding24 hr
Jan 23, 12:42 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCFayette24 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Georgia, 2016Every winter weather advisory 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.