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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 31, 2020Butts County, Jasper County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2020, 12:12 PM EDT for Butts County, Jasper County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2020, 12:12 PM EDT (16:12 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2020, 12:45 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
50

Counties Butts County, GA, Jasper County, GA

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 31, 10:24 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 10:24 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 5:17 AM EDT, 6 hours 55 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
517 AM EDT Tue Mar 31 2020

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-010930-
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 Tue Mar 31 2020

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight...

A low pressure system will move across the southeast states today,
bringing widespread showers and thunderstorms. A threat for severe
weather exists, mainly for areas south of Interstate 20. Hail,
damaging winds and a few tornadoes are all possible with this
system. To the north of this severe risk, the threat for heavy
rain will exist which could lead to localized flooding. The most
likely timing for any severe weather should be between noon and
7PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday...

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters should monitor the latest information for possible
activation across portions of central Georgia later today.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 31, 11:38 AM EDT, 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 11:49 AM EDT, 23 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 31, 11:53 AM EDT, 19 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 31, 12:01 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 12:12 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 10:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup59 min
Mar 31, 10:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Cobb, Douglas24 min
Mar 31, 11:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton and 3 more44 min
Mar 31, 11:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton40 min
Mar 31, 11:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Troup and 1 more58 min
Mar 31, 11:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Jackson26 min
Mar 31, 11:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Rockdale and 1 more38 min
Mar 31, 12:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Clarke, Madison, Oconee35 min
Mar 31, 12:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Stewart63 min
Mar 31, 12:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam33 min
Mar 31, 12:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Talbot, Upson29 min
Mar 31, 12:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam, Upson62 min
Mar 31, 12:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes50 min
Mar 31, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee29 min
Mar 31, 1:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Taylor41 min
Mar 31, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson25 min
Mar 31, 1:14 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion46 min
Mar 31, 1:23 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCStewart, Sumter, Webster23 min
Mar 31, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Hancock60 min
Mar 31, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski, Sumter, Wilcox42 min
Mar 31, 1:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Washington, Wilkinson23 min
Mar 31, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor23 min
Mar 31, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox52 min
Mar 31, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson, Washington60 min
Mar 31, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski35 min
Mar 31, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach50 min
Mar 31, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair, Wheeler, Wilcox50 min
Mar 31, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson, Twiggs, Wilkinson29 min
Mar 31, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Laurens51 min
Mar 31, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson44 min
Mar 31, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel25 min
Mar 31, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel22 min
Mar 31, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen31 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.