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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 22, 2019DeKalb County, Rockdale County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 22, 2019, 8:13 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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: Jun 22, 2019, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2019, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

Counties DeKalb County, GA, Rockdale 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 8:08 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 8:12 PM EDT, 1 minute before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
812 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2019

GAZ002>005-230045-
Whitfield GA-Catoosa GA-Walker GA-Murray GA-
812 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WHITFIELD...CATOOSA...NORTHERN
WALKER AND MURRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT...

At 811 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Fort Oglethorpe, or 7
miles west of Ringgold...moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...up to penny sized hail and frequent
           cloud to ground lightning.

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

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Dalton, Chatsworth, Ringgold, Fort Oglethorpe, Rossville,
Chickamauga, Varnell, Lookout Mountain, Eton, Tunnel Hill, Cohutta,
Crandall, Sumac, Gregory, Blue Spring, Fairview, Conasauga Lake,
Beaverdale, Chattanooga  Valley and Fort Mountain State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

LAT...LON 3499 8462 3486 8462 3483 8458 3479 8461
      3478 8464 3472 8466 3480 8545 3487 8544
      3498 8536 3499 8532
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 282DEG 37KT 3493 8524

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...50MPH

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 8:13 PM EDT, 0 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
Jun 22, 8:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Henry	37 min
Jun 22, 8:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Murray, Whitfield	33 min
Jun 22, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Monroe, Taylor	28 min
Jun 22, 8:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Murray, Whitfield	25 min
Jun 22, 8:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach	51 min
Jun 22, 8:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Wilcox	47 min
Jun 22, 8:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Twiggs	26 min
Jun 22, 8:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens, Whitfield	34 min
Jun 22, 8:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin	25 min
Jun 22, 8:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski, Wilcox	25 min
Jun 22, 8:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan, Walton	35 min
Jun 22, 9:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Lumpkin, Murray and 1 more	36 min
Jun 22, 9:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox	34 min
Jun 22, 9:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	36 min
Jun 22, 9:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Telfair	27 min
Jun 22, 9:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler	52 min
Jun 22, 9:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Lumpkin, White	45 min
Jun 22, 10:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler	40 min
Jun 22, 10:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee and 1 more	39 min
Jun 22, 10:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	37 min
Jun 22, 10:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	16 min
Jun 22, 11:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Madison, Wilkes	27 min
Jun 23, 12:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	25 min
Jun 23, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Twiggs	25 min
Jun 23, 2:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Spalding	37 min
Jun 23, 2:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Monroe, Upson	35 min
Jun 23, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Peach	31 min
Jun 23, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston, Peach, Pulaski, Wilcox	25 min
Jun 23, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Monroe	24 min
Jun 23, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	50 min
Jun 23, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard	37 min
Jun 23, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs, Wilkinson	48 min
Jun 23, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox	45 min
Jun 23, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield	50 min
Jun 23, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton	39 min
Jun 23, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	29 min
Jun 23, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	25 min
Jun 23, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Pulaski	22 min
Jun 23, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	54 min
Jun 23, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	35 min
Jun 23, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Wilcox	62 min
Jun 23, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Henry, Newton, Rockdale, Walton	47 min
Jun 23, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gwinnett, Walton	45 min
Jun 23, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	59 min
Jun 23, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	25 min
Jun 23, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper, Putnam	55 min
Jun 23, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Gwinnett, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Walton	39 min
Jun 23, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	26 min
Jun 23, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler	67 min
Jun 23, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield	33 min
Jun 23, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Pickens	46 min
Jun 23, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	35 min
Jun 23, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Walton	48 min
Jun 23, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	29 min
Jun 23, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Pickens	18 min
Jun 23, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield	34 min
Jun 23, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Morgan, Putnam	52 min
Jun 23, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Taliaferro, Warren	27 min
Jun 23, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	26 min
Jun 23, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro	53 min
Jun 23, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson, Taliaferro, Warren	27 min
Jun 23, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	35 min

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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.