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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 29, 20174 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2017, 10:15 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: May 29, 2017, 10:15 PM EDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2017, 11:15 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

Counties Cherokee County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Paulding 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 29, 9:40 PM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 9:40 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 4:34 AM EDT, 17 hours 41 minutes before

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 29, 8:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
845 PM EDT MON MAY 29 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0455 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WASHINGTON              33.73N  82.74W
05/29/2017                   WILKES             GA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE BLOWN DOWN IN WASHINGTON AT S ALEXANDER AND
            BALTIMORE RD

&&

CORRECTED EVENT TIME

EVENT NUMBER FFC1700739

THIEM

Special weather statement, May 29, 8:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
845 PM EDT MON MAY 29 2017

GAZ080-081-093>095-300145-
Macon GA-Peach GA-Taylor GA-Houston GA-Crawford GA-
845 PM EDT MON MAY 29 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MACON...PEACH...
TAYLOR...NORTHWESTERN HOUSTON AND SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL
945 PM EDT...

At 845 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Butler...moving east
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
Perry, Fort Valley, Butler, Warner Robins, Centerville, Byron,
Marshallville, Reynolds, Saint Louis, Nakomis, Meadowdale, Hicks,
Potterville, Lakewood, Powerville, Lee Pope, Fickling Mill and Miami
Valley.

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 3246 8432 3264 8432 3270 8376 3256 8365
      3243 8375
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 268DEG 25KT 3256 8423

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

Local storm report, May 29, 9:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 29, 9:17 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 9:20 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 10:15 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 29, 8:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer	39 min
May 29, 8:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach, Taylor	60 min
May 29, 9:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding, Polk	55 min
May 30, 11:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Floyd	47 min
May 30, 12:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	23 min
May 30, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	28 min
May 30, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Douglas	28 min
May 30, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	36 min
May 30, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry, Spalding	30 min
May 30, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Spalding	30 min
May 30, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford	36 min
May 30, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Jasper, Monroe	30 min
May 30, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	28 min
May 30, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Putnam	27 min
May 30, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	30 min
May 30, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	30 min

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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.