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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2019, 2:48 PM EDT for Lumpkin County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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 18, 2019, 2:48 PM EDT (18:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2019, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Lumpkin County, GA
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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 Aug 18, 1:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 1:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 517 AM EDT Sun Aug 18 2019 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-190930- 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- 517 AM EDT Sun Aug 18 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected across portions of north and central Georgia through this afternoon and evening. Brief gusty winds, cloud to ground lightning, and locally heavy rain are possible. Heat index values will range between 100 and 105 degrees across central Georgia this afternoon, which may cause heat stress during outdoor exertion or extended exposure. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday... Scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue across much of north and central Georgia through the end of the week. Widespread severe weather is not expected at this time. However, a few storms could be strong to marginally severe with gusty winds, heavy rain, and frequent cloud-to-ground lightning. .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, Aug 18, 2:48 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 35 min |
| Aug 18, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 30 min |
| Aug 18, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 28 min |
| Aug 18, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 29 min |
| Aug 18, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 36 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2019Every special weather statement in 2019
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.