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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 6, 2017Chattooga County, Walker County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2017, 1:26 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2017, 1:26 PM EDT (17:26 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

Counties Chattooga County, GA, Walker County, GA

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 6, 1:24 PM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 1:24 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 4:30 AM EDT, 8 hours 56 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
430 AM EDT Thu Jul 6 2017

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-071000-
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-
430 AM EDT Thu Jul 6 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and
Central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight...

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms can be expected over north
and portions of central Georgia this afternoon and evening.
A few storms will be strong to severe from Atlanta to Athens and
north. The main hazards will be strong to damaging wind gusts and
frequent lightning. Locally heavy rainfall will also be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday...

There is a chance of showers and thunderstorms each day, most
so during the afternoon and evening hours. A few storms could be
strong to severe with gusty winds...frequent lightning and
locally heavy rainfall as the main hazards. Brief localized flooding
of poor drainage areas will also be possible.

.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, Jul 6, 9:59 AM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 10:02 AM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1002 AM EDT THU JUL 06 2017

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

0520 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 WSW BUCKHORN TAVERN   34.51N  84.07W
07/05/2017                   LUMPKIN            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER LINES DOWN ALONG BUCK RUN EAST

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1701004

THIEM

Local storm report, Jul 6, 10:07 AM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:18 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:26 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
Jul 5, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Warren	27 min
Jul 5, 9:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson	27 min
Jul 6, 1:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	27 min
Jul 6, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	39 min
Jul 6, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Whitfield	41 min
Jul 6, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Hall, Jackson	49 min
Jul 6, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Floyd	48 min
Jul 6, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	27 min
Jul 6, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin	37 min
Jul 6, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall, Jackson, Madison	49 min
Jul 6, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pickens	51 min
Jul 6, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens and 1 more	45 min
Jul 6, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee	42 min
Jul 6, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton, Paulding	45 min
Jul 6, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	49 min
Jul 6, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	27 min
Jul 6, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Forsyth	49 min
Jul 6, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	31 min
Jul 6, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	41 min
Jul 6, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe, Wilkes	44 min
Jul 6, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Oglethorpe, Wilkes	52 min
Jul 6, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walton	33 min
Jul 6, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd, Polk	60 min
Jul 6, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	24 min
Jul 6, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson, Polk	48 min
Jul 6, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Haralson, Paulding, Polk	50 min
Jul 6, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Douglas, Fulton	50 min

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Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2017 Every special weather statement in 2017

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.