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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 6, 2017Harris County, Meriwether County, Pike County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 6, 2017, 3:03 PM EDT for Harris County, Meriwether County, Pike County, Georgia. It was in force for 57 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: Jun 6, 2017, 3:03 PM EDT (19:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2017, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Harris County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Pike 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 Jun 6, 1:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 1:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 10:48 AM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 12:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 1:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:16 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:20 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:30 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:03 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
303 PM EDT TUE JUN 6 2017

GAZ056-066>070-078-079-089-062000-
Harris GA-Lamar GA-Upson GA-Troup GA-Spalding GA-Meriwether GA-
Talbot GA-Pike GA-Muscogee GA-
303 PM EDT TUE JUN 6 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARRIS...NORTHWESTERN LAMAR...
NORTHWESTERN UPSON...SOUTHEASTERN TROUP...SOUTHERN SPALDING...
MERIWETHER...NORTHWESTERN TALBOT...PIKE AND NORTHWESTERN MUSCOGEE
COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

At 300 PM EDT...a line of thunderstorms with heavy rain extended
from near Hollonville to near Mulberry Grove to Lake Harding, moving
east at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...Heavy rain.

  IMPACT...Heavy rain will cause ponding of water on roadways and
           temporary street flooding, especially in poor drainage
           areas, as well as rising water on creeks and streams.

Some locations in the path of these storms include
Griffin, Zebulon, Hamilton, Greenville, Manchester, Pine Mountain,
Woodbury, Waverly Hall, Warm Springs, Woodland, Molena, Williamson,
Orchard Hill, Meansville, Gay, Bibb City, Sunset Village, F.D.
Roosevelt State Park, Green Island Hills and Atwater.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3289 8514 3322 8460 3322 8451 3326 8450
      3322 8414 3263 8467 3246 8500 3252 8500
      3258 8507 3263 8508 3264 8511 3266 8509
      3269 8512 3274 8511 3276 8514 3278 8512
      3281 8517
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 278DEG 5KT 3314 8450 3266 8492 3248 8528

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 9:29 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd	22 hr
Jun 6, 12:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	39 min
Jun 6, 12:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Heard, Troup	65 min
Jun 6, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Troup	63 min
Jun 6, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	44 min
Jun 6, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Harris, Talbot, Taylor	55 min
Jun 6, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Warren	45 min
Jun 6, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Talbot	46 min
Jun 6, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Muscogee, Talbot, Upson	65 min
Jun 6, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Houston, Peach	47 min
Jun 6, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Treutlen	50 min
Jun 6, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Jasper, Putnam, Wilkes	37 min
Jun 6, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Laurens, Treutlen	48 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.