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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 21, 2017DeKalb County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Sep 21, 2017, 9:12 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 21, 2017, 9:12 PM EDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired: Sep 21, 2017, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

County DeKalb 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 Sep 21, 7:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 7:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 21, 1:45 PM EDT, 7 hours 27 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...Updated
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
145 PM EDT Thu Sep 21 2017

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-221000-
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-
145 PM EDT Thu Sep 21 2017

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight...

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms are possible through this
evening, but most areas will remain dry. The primary hazards will be
locally heavy rain, cloud to ground lightning, and brief gusty
winds.

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

There is a chance of thunderstorms Friday and Saturday, mainly
during the afternoon and evening. The primary hazards will be
lightning, along with brief heavy rain and gusty winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 21, 7:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 21, 7:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 21, 7:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 21, 8:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Sep 21, 8:56 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 21, 9:12 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
Sep 21, 8:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski	34 min
Sep 22, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	26 min
Sep 22, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	33 min
Sep 22, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	37 min
Sep 22, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	29 min
Sep 22, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	43 min
Sep 22, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	47 min
Sep 22, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	42 min
Sep 22, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	25 min
Sep 22, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	24 min
Sep 22, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Treutlen	35 min
Sep 22, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones, Monroe	31 min
Sep 22, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Monroe	31 min
Sep 22, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Pike, Upson	47 min
Sep 22, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	27 min
Sep 22, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	26 min
Sep 22, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Twiggs	29 min
Sep 22, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Talbot, Upson	31 min
Sep 22, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	25 min
Sep 22, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Twiggs	32 min
Sep 22, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether, Troup	28 min
Sep 22, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	36 min
Sep 22, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Macon, Peach, Taylor	33 min
Sep 22, 7:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon, Taylor	26 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.