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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 12, 2018Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Nov 12, 2018, 11:08 PM EST for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Nov 12, 2018, 11:08 PM EST (04:08 UTC)
Expired: Nov 12, 2018, 11:45 PM EST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 50

County Washington 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 Nov 12, 6:05 PM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 12, 6:05 PM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
605 PM EST Mon Nov 12 2018

.UPDATE FOR AVIATION...

PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 259 PM EST Mon Nov 12 2018/

SHORT TERM /Tonight through Tuesday Night/...
Wet conditions will continue through the short term periods. As an
upper level wave deepens into a low over Texas by tomorrow
afternoon and slowly shifts into the lower Mississippi Valley
overnight Tuesday, several weak surface lows will lift out of the
Gulf of Mexico. Overrunning across the area ahead of the surface
waves, will bring periods of heavy rain through Tuesday afternoon.
Winds will be east through daybreak across much of the area before
shifting to the northwest through the late morning hours. The
proximity of the surface waves will keep rain chances categorical
across much of central GA with chances across much of north and
northwest GA Abundant clouds will keep temperatures from changing
too much across the area, with afternoon highs below normal and
overnight lows near normal.

Atwell

LONG TERM /Wednesday through Monday/...

No significant deviation from previous forecast trends through the
extended forecast period. Strongly diffluent upper pattern over the
region Wednesday ahead of the deep upper low digging into the Lower
Mississippi Valley. Should see more rounds of heavy rain through at
least early Thursday with this pattern. Medium-range models continue
to show little instability Wednesday through Thursday, and severe
thunderstorm chances look low. However, northwestern half of the
forecast area will be coming off of a very wet short-term forecast
period and precipitable water values will remain seasonally very
high across the southeastern half, so flooding potential will
remain an issue. Upper low quickly begins filling and lifting
northeast by Thursday bringing a quick end to the precipitation.
Models in good agreement on showing the upper flow undergoing a
rapid de- amplification as the low lifts out keeping the coldest
air well north of the state. Dry weather and cool to seasonal
temperatures for the end of the work week, through the weekend and
into the beginning of next week.

20

&&

HYDROLOGY...

Latest storm totals indicate potential for an additional 2 to 4
inch rainfall across the area with locally higher amounts through
Thursday. The heaviest rainfall is forecast mainly through
Wednesday morning across north Georgia with additional amounts
across central Georgia Wednesday into Thursday. Have issued a
Flood Watch for north and portions of central GA generally along
and north of a La Grange to Homer line. We may need to extend the
watch in time and area as confidence grows in forecast of wave
Wednesday into Thursday.

&&

.AVIATION...
00Z Update...
IFR and some MVFR ceilings through the overnight into Tuesday
along with IFR-MVFR vsbys in Showers/Rain/Drizzle/Fog.
Some improvement to MVFR ceilings and VFR vsbys on Tuesday but it
could be very slow to occur. Surface winds ENE around 10 kts or
less becoming W-N around 10 kts or less for Tuesday.

//ATL Confidence...00Z Update...
Low confidence for vsbys.
Medium confidence for all other elements.
Low to medium confidence for timing of improvement Tuesday.

BDL

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Athens          45  55  43  48 / 100 100  50  60
Atlanta         48  52  43  49 / 100 100  40  70
Blairsville     43  50  37  49 / 100  90  30  60
Cartersville    46  50  40  49 / 100 100  30  60
Columbus        56  60  46  53 / 100 100  50  80
Gainesville     44  53  42  48 / 100 100  40  60
Macon           55  61  47  52 /  90 100  50  70
Rome            46  49  39  48 / 100  90  30  60
Peachtree City  49  54  43  50 / 100 100  40  70
Vidalia         60  71  51  56 /  60  80  40  50

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Flood Watch through Wednesday morning for the following zones:
Banks...Barrow...Bartow...Carroll...Catoosa...Chattooga...
Cherokee...Clayton...Cobb...Coweta...Dade...Dawson...DeKalb...
Douglas...Fannin...Fayette...Floyd...Forsyth...Gilmer...Gordon...
Gwinnett...Hall...Haralson...Heard...Henry...Jackson...Lumpkin...
Meriwether...Murray...Newton...North Fulton...Paulding...
Pickens...Pike...Polk...Rockdale...South Fulton...Spalding...
Towns...Troup...Union...Walker...Walton...White...Whitfield.

&&

AVIATION...BDL

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 12, 3:36 PM EST, 7 hours 32 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
336 PM EST Mon Nov 12 2018

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-132045-
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-
336 PM EST Mon Nov 12 2018

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

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

...A Flood Watch is in effect for portions of north and central GA
through Wednesday morning...

Rainfall, heavy at times, will continue through the overnight
hours. Up to 2 inches of additional rainfall is possible, with
locally higher amounts possible. With this heavy rainfall
localized flooding will also be possible. Refer to the Flood Watch
for more information.

Thunderstorms are also possible, mainly in central Georgia. The
primary hazards with any thunderstorm will be heavy rainfall and gusty
winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday...

An extended period of rain is expected through early Thursday.
The rain could be heavy at times with isolated thunderstorms for
portions of central Georgia. As the rain occurs, an increased
threat for river and stream flooding is expected by the middle of
the week. Localized flash flooding is possible as well, especially
across the higher terrain of north Georgia.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 12, 9:20 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
920 PM EST MON NOV 12 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0413 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 NNE SUNNY ACRES       33.88N  84.76W
11/12/2018                   PAULDING           GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE ROADS WERE REPORTED CLOSED ACROSS THE COUNTY
            INCLUDING MT. MORIAH ROAD AT HIGHWAY 61; BELL ROAD;
            BENSON LAKE ROAD AND BENSON ROAD; NEAR 2000 MCPHERSON
            CHURCH ROAD; AND ON HOGUE ROAD BETWEEN OLD YORKVILLE
            ROAD AND GAMEL ROAD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1800943

LREAVES

Local storm report, Nov 12, 9:22 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
922 PM EST MON NOV 12 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0652 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 ESE SHANNON           34.33N  85.01W
11/12/2018                   BARTOW             GA   PUBLIC

            DRY CREEK WAS REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS AND IN THE
            ROADWAY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WAYSIDE ROAD AND DORIS
            ROAD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1800944

LREAVES

Local storm report, Nov 12, 10:22 PM EST, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1022 PM EST MON NOV 12 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 N DUE WEST            34.01N  84.68W
11/12/2018                   COBB               GA   911 CALL CENTER

            MULTIPLE ROADS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE WATER OVER THEM
            INCLUDING JIM OWENS ROAD NEAR ACWORTH DUE WEST ROAD; OLD
            STILESBORO ROAD; AND COUNTY LINE ROAD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1800945

LREAVES

Local storm report, Nov 12, 10:24 PM EST, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1024 PM EST MON NOV 12 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 SW BURNT HICKORY RIDG 34.00N  84.89W
11/12/2018                   PAULDING           GA   911 CALL CENTER

            RACCOON CREEK ROAD WAS REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO WATER
            OVER THE ROADWAY.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1800946

LREAVES

Local storm report, Nov 12, 10:28 PM EST, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1028 PM EST MON NOV 12 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0413 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 NNE SUNNY ACRES       33.88N  84.76W
11/12/2018                   PAULDING           GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE ROADS WERE REPORTED CLOSED ACROSS THE COUNTY
            INCLUDING MT. MORIAH ROAD AT HIGHWAY 61; BELL ROAD;
            BENSON LAKE ROAD AND BENSON ROAD; NEAR 2000 MCPHERSON
            CHURCH ROAD; AND ON HOGUE ROAD BETWEEN OLD YORKVILLE
            ROAD AND GAMEL ROAD. MULTIPLE OTHER ROADS WERE REPORTED
            TO HAVE STANDING WATER OVER THEM INCLUDING BASKIN ROAD;
            MULLBERRY ROCK ROAD; AND BOB HUNTON ROAD.

&&

CORRECTED FATALITIES...INJURIES...REMARKS

EVENT NUMBER FFC1800943

LREAVES

Special weather statement, Nov 12, 11:08 PM EST, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1108 PM EST MON NOV 12 2018

GAZ074-085-130445-
Washington GA-Johnson GA-
1108 PM EST MON NOV 12 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND
NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM EST...

At 1108 PM EST...a strong thunderstorm was near Harrison, or 8 miles
northwest of Wrightsville...moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Winds 40 to 50 mph.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
           light...unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Wrightsville, Davisboro, Harrison, Riddleville, Donovan, New Home and
Pringle.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.

LAT...LON 3271 8286 3272 8287 3271 8293 3271 8295
      3275 8294 3276 8296 3280 8295 3281 8296
      3298 8265 3294 8253 3276 8252
TIME...MOT...LOC 0408Z 238DEG 35KT 3282 8283

WIND...50MPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 12, 7:21 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Hall, White	84 min
Nov 12, 7:35 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	22 hr
Nov 12, 8:38 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	8 hr
Nov 12, 8:55 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Whitfield	4 days
Nov 12, 9:09 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb	4 hr
Nov 12, 9:26 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Polk	24 hr
Nov 12, 10:00 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cherokee	24 hr
Nov 12, 10:33 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Fulton	24 hr
Nov 12, 10:52 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Bartow	24 hr
Nov 13, 2:24 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Haralson	10 hr
Nov 13, 9:23 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd	6 days
Nov 13, 10:30 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, Douglas	38 hr
Nov 13, 11:11 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, Paulding	24 hr
Nov 13, 11:15 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Barrow, Jackson	56 hr
Nov 13, 2:20 PM EST	Flash Flood Watch	FFC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 84 more	41 hr
Nov 13, 5:13 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	24 hr
Nov 13, 5:13 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd	5 hr
Nov 13, 5:13 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs	4 days
Nov 13, 5:13 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Oconee	3 days
Nov 13, 5:54 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gordon	21 hr

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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.