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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 23, 2017Bleckley County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Oct 23, 2017, 2:09 AM EDT for Bleckley County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 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
Oct 23, 2017, 2:09 AM EDT (06:09 UTC)
Expired
Oct 23, 2017, 3:00 AM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
40

County Bleckley County, GA

The radar

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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 Oct 22, 10:58 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 22, 10:58 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 23, 2:09 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
209 AM EDT MON OCT 23 2017

GAZ083-084-096-097-109-230700-
Wilkinson GA-Laurens GA-Bleckley GA-Dodge GA-Twiggs GA-
209 AM EDT MON OCT 23 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN WILKINSON...NORTHWESTERN
LAURENS...BLECKLEY...NORTHWESTERN DODGE AND SOUTHEASTERN TWIGGS
COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM EDT...

At 209 AM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Roddy, or near
Cochran...moving north at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...40 mph wind 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
Cochran, Chester, Dudley, Danville, Montrose, Allentown, Dubois,
Gresston, Empire, Yonkers, Roddy, Baileys Park, Rowland, District
Path, Goldsboro, Rebie and Cary.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Motorists should
slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3228 8335 3229 8337 3266 8338 3269 8321
      3261 8301 3224 8316
TIME...MOT...LOC 0609Z 192DEG 20KT 3234 8325

WIND...40MPH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 23, 3:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter50 min
Oct 23, 3:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford26 min
Oct 23, 4:10 AM EDTWind AdvisoryFFCFannin, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White9 hr
Oct 23, 4:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster31 min
Oct 23, 4:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter36 min
Oct 23, 4:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Macon, Schley, Taylor32 min
Oct 23, 9:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Coweta, Douglas, Harris, Meriwether26 min
Oct 23, 10:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Dawson, Fayette, Fulton and 1 more32 min
Oct 23, 10:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Talbot30 min
Oct 23, 10:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Taylor, Upson35 min
Oct 23, 10:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Dawson, DeKalb, Forsyth, Spalding33 min
Oct 23, 11:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Monroe, Taylor34 min
Oct 23, 11:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Lumpkin and 3 more32 min
Oct 23, 11:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion29 min
Oct 23, 11:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Macon, Monroe35 min
Oct 23, 11:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Butts, Hall, Newton, Walton33 min
Oct 23, 11:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White31 min
Oct 23, 12:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Barrow, Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Jasper and 6 more26 min
Oct 23, 12:33 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFulton, Gwinnett24 hr
Oct 23, 12:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Morgan and 3 more30 min
Oct 23, 1:08 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett24 hr
Oct 23, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Greene, Hancock, Madison, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro and 2 more45 min
Oct 23, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs23 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.