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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 1, 2018Crisp County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2018, 6:46 PM EDT for Crisp County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
Jul 1, 2018, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2018, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Crisp 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 Jul 1, 2:46 PM EDT, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 2:46 PM EDT, 4 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 11:15 AM EDT, 7 hours 31 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1115 AM EDT Sun Jul 1 2018

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-021000-
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-
1115 AM EDT Sun Jul 1 2018

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight...

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected today
and tonight. Showers and thunderstorms could occur at any time
and linger into the early morning hours. However, the potential
for strong to isolated severe thunderstorms will be the highest
between 2pm and 8pm. Any severe storms could have the potential
to produce damaging wind gusts, frequent lightning, and locally
heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday...

There is a chance of thunderstorms each day for the rest of the
time period through next weekend, mainly during the afternoon and
evening hours with few storms becoming strong to severe each day
with gusty winds, frequent lightning and isolated flooding from
heavy rainfall.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:46 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
646 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2018

GAZ105-106-012315-
Crisp GA-Dooly GA-
646 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CRISP AND SOUTHERN DOOLY COUNTIES
UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

At 645 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Raines, or 7 miles
southwest of Cordele...moving northwest at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...Heavy rain.

  IMPACT...Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially
           in poor drainage areas.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Cordele, Arabi, Wenona, Georgia Veterans Memorial St Pk, Richwood and
Raines.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LAT...LON 3181 8383 3183 8384 3182 8385 3184 8386
      3184 8387 3194 8393 3195 8393 3199 8395
      3199 8394 3202 8396 3207 8372 3182 8370
      3181 8381
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 121DEG 4KT 3188 8386

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 10:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson23 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2018Every special weather statement in 2018

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.