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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 19, 2018Floyd County, Georgia

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

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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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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 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, Jul 19, 12:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1220 PM EDT Thu Jul 19 2018

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Washington-Webster-Wheeler-White-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes-
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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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 8:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge46 min
Jul 18, 9:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding31 min
Jul 18, 10:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb27 min
Jul 19, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd37 min
Jul 19, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll35 min
Jul 19, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel28 min
Jul 19, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether33 min
Jul 19, 7:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot26 min

Nearby

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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.