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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2017, 3:22 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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 29, 2017, 3:22 PM EDT (19:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2017, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County DeKalb County, GA
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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 29, 12:08 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 12:08 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 434 AM EDT Mon May 29 2017 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-300845- Baldwin-Banks-Barrow-Bartow-Bibb-Bleckley-Butts-Carroll-Catoosa- 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- 434 AM EDT Mon May 29 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... A few thunderstorms may become severe mainly this afternoon and evening. A frontal boundary will approach north Georgia today...giving increased chances for showers and thunderstorms. Afternoon heating will help to support a few strong to severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts and large hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday... A moist and unstable air mass will remain over north and central Georgia through the period. There will be a chance of showers and thunderstorms each day...a few storms possibly severe. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not requested but spotters are encouraged to submit reports of severe weather through the web by going to weather.gov/atlanta.
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Special weather statement, May 29, 2:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
304 PM EDT MON MAY 29 2017
GAZ052-053-066>068-078-291930-
Harris GA-Coweta GA-Troup GA-Heard GA-Meriwether GA-Pike GA-
304 PM EDT MON MAY 29 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN HARRIS...SOUTHWESTERN
COWETA...TROUP...SOUTHEASTERN HEARD...MERIWETHER AND SOUTHWESTERN
PIKE COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...
At 304 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Hogansville, or 10
miles northeast of Lagrange...moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Winds 40 to 50 mph...pea sized hail...frequent lightning
and heavy rain.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Newnan, Lagrange, Hamilton, Greenville, Hogansville, Grantville, Pine
Mountain, Woodbury, Luthersville, Warm Springs, Moreland, Molena,
Lone Oak, Gay, East Newnan, Corinth, F.d. Roosevelt State Park,
Mountville, Louise and Odessadale.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3269 8503 3317 8513 3342 8476 3304 8442
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 228DEG 42KT 3313 8490
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...50MPHSpecial weather statement, May 29, 3:22 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 29, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 24 min |
| May 29, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 28 min |
| May 29, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 23 min |
| May 29, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 34 min |
| May 29, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 28 min |
| May 29, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether, Troup | 26 min |
| May 29, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 34 min |
| May 29, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 30 min |
| May 29, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Peach | 31 min |
| May 29, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 28 min |
| May 29, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 26 min |
| May 29, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Spalding, Upson | 32 min |
| May 29, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 29 min |
| May 29, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 41 min |
| May 29, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison | 38 min |
| May 29, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 37 min |
| May 29, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 29 min |
| May 29, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 36 min |
| May 29, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 31 min |
| May 29, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 42 min |
| May 29, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 41 min |
| May 29, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 25 min |
| May 29, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Morgan | 45 min |
| May 29, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 45 min |
| May 29, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 28 min |
| May 29, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 26 min |
| May 29, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 63 min |
| May 29, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 30 min |
| May 29, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen | 28 min |
| May 29, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 41 min |
| May 29, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 14 min |
| May 29, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 28 min |
| May 29, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 25 min |
| May 29, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 27 min |
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