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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 22, 2017Walker County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 22, 2017, 8:03 PM EDT for Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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: Apr 22, 2017, 8:03 PM EDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2017, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

County Walker 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 Apr 22, 7:21 PM EDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 7:21 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 11:30 AM EDT, 8 hours 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 22, 6:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 22, 7:35 PM EDT, 28 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
Apr 23, 6:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry, Rockdale, Walton	45 min
Apr 23, 6:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Madison, Oconee, Rockdale, Walton	45 min
Apr 23, 11:31 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dade	30 hr
Apr 23, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	31 min
Apr 23, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oconee	30 min
Apr 23, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Rockdale, Walton	26 min
Apr 23, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	30 min
Apr 23, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	32 min
Apr 23, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon	30 min
Apr 23, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Macon, Peach	23 min
Apr 23, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	23 min
Apr 23, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Houston, Peach, Twiggs	31 min
Apr 23, 5:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	4 hr
Apr 23, 5:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Newton, Rockdale, Walton	4 hr
Apr 23, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	31 min
Apr 23, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Twiggs, Wilkinson	31 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2017 Every special weather statement in 2017

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.