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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 12, 2017Chattooga County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 12, 2017, 8:53 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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: May 12, 2017, 8:53 PM EDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2017, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Chattooga 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 May 12, 7:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 7:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 8:43 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 12, 5:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
545 PM EDT FRI MAY 12 2017

GAZ014-022-023-034-122215-
Hall GA-Dawson GA-Forsyth GA-Gwinnett GA-
545 PM EDT FRI MAY 12 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HALL...SOUTHEASTERN
DAWSON...FORSYTH AND NORTHERN GWINNETT COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...

At 545 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Cumming...moving
northeast at 15 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
Cumming, Sugar Hill, Buford, Flowery Branch, Oakwood, Aqualand Park,
Chestatee, Oscarville, Buford Dam-Lake Lanier Parks, Coal Mountain
and Lake Lanier Islands.

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 3410 8413 3417 8420 3439 8403 3420 8385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 232DEG 14KT 3417 8414

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

Special weather statement, May 12, 6:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
611 PM EDT FRI MAY 12 2017

GAZ034-045-122245-
DeKalb GA-Gwinnett GA-
611 PM EDT FRI MAY 12 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DEKALB AND GWINNETT COUNTIES
UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

At 611 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Tucker, or 9 miles
northeast of Decatur...moving northeast at 15 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
Lawrenceville, Duluth, Sugar Hill, Snellville, Suwanee, Lilburn,
Norcross, Stone Mountain, Grayson, Tucker and Mountain Park.

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 3408 8407 3387 8387 3378 8415 3386 8423
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 232DEG 13KT 3386 8417

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

Special weather statement, May 12, 6:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 12, 7:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 12, 7:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 12, 8:53 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
May 13, 8:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	35 min
May 13, 10:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	31 min
May 13, 11:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	26 min
May 13, 11:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Wilcox	24 min
May 13, 11:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	34 min
May 13, 11:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	33 min
May 13, 12:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wheeler	47 min
May 13, 12:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	45 min
May 13, 12:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	49 min
May 13, 12:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	46 min
May 13, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	49 min
May 13, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	44 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.