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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 1, 2018Jefferson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2018, 4:32 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 13 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: Aug 1, 2018, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2018, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

County Jefferson 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.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 5:42 PM EDT, 22 hours 50 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
Jul 31, 8:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Polk	58 min
Aug 1, 1:41 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	10 hr
Aug 1, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	39 min
Aug 1, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	45 min
Aug 1, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	42 min
Aug 1, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	27 min
Aug 1, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Madison	33 min
Aug 1, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes	42 min
Aug 1, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oconee, Walton	39 min
Aug 1, 7:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Morgan, Newton, Walton	36 min
Aug 1, 7:46 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	3 hr
Aug 1, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Oconee	47 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.