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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 29, 2017Madison County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 29, 2017, 6:33 PM EDT for Madison County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2017, 6:33 PM EDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2017, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Madison 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 Apr 29, 3:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 3:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 3:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
456 PM EDT SAT APR 29 2017

GAZ005-012-020-292130-
Gordon GA-Bartow GA-Murray GA-
456 PM EDT SAT APR 29 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN GORDON...NORTHEASTERN
BARTOW AND SOUTHERN MURRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

At 455 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Fairmount, or 12 miles
east of Calhoun...moving north at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...pea sized hail and frequent cloud to
           ground lightning.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
           light...unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Fairmount, Ranger, Carters, Oakman, Redbud, Funkhouser and Audubon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

LAT...LON 3459 8465 3437 8467 3437 8481 3465 8485
      3466 8465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 186DEG 28KT 3445 8473

HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPH

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 5:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 5:34 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 5:58 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
558 PM EDT SAT APR 29 2017

GAZ004-292230-
Whitfield GA-
558 PM EDT SAT APR 29 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN WHITFIELD COUNTY
UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

At 558 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Cohutta, or 10 miles
east of Ringgold...moving north at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...up to penny sized hail and frequent
           cloud to ground lightning.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
           light...unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Varnell, Cohutta, Beaverdale and Red Clay S.p..

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

LAT...LON 3499 8481 3497 8481 3492 8484 3490 8483
      3489 8483 3486 8502 3487 8502 3489 8501
      3489 8502 3491 8502 3492 8501 3497 8500
      3497 8498 3499 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 169DEG 27KT 3494 8493

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...50MPH

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 6:33 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
633 PM EDT SAT APR 29 2017

GAZ027-292300-
Madison GA-
633 PM EDT SAT APR 29 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MADISON COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM
EDT...

At 633 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Danielsville...moving
north at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...pea sized hail and frequent cloud to
           ground lightning.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
           light...unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Danielsville and Paoli.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

LAT...LON 3426 8312 3423 8308 3422 8308 3421 8309
      3417 8310 3415 8306 3410 8305 3405 8322
      3425 8328 3424 8324 3425 8324 3425 8320
      3424 8317 3427 8311
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 159DEG 20KT 3412 8317

HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	34 min
Apr 29, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	25 min
Apr 29, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	26 min
Apr 29, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Whitfield	32 min
Apr 29, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa	20 min
Apr 29, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lumpkin	32 min

Nearby

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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.