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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 7, 201819 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this winter storm watch at Dec 7, 2018, 4:02 AM EST for 19 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Dec 9, 2018, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 7, 2018, 4:02 AM EST (09:02 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 9, 2018, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 8, 2018, 4:16 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walton County, GA, White County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Dec 7, 3:56 AM EST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 3:56 AM EST, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 6, 7:43 PM EST, 8 hours 19 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
Dec 7, 12:45 PM EST	Flood Watch	FFC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more	45 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.