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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2018, 3:56 PM EDT for Floyd County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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
- Jul 19, 2018, 3:56 PM EDT (19:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2018, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 50
County Floyd County, GA
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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 19, 3:13 PM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 3:13 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1220 PM EDT Thu Jul 19 2018 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-201200- 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- 1220 PM EDT Thu Jul 19 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected across north and central Georgia today and tonight. The best chances will be during the afternoon and evening hours. A few storms could become severe with the main hazards being locally heavy rainfall, strong, gusty winds and frequent lightning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday... A strong storm system approaching the region Friday and moving across the area through Saturday will increase the chances for severe thunderstorms those two days. The primary hazards will be damaging wind gusts, frequent lightning and very heavy rainfall. Otherwise, scattered thunderstorms are expected Sunday through Wednesday. A few strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible each day with strong, gusty winds, frequent lightning, and heavy rainfall. .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
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:56 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 10:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 26 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.