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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 31, 20204 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2020, 12:27 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 63 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, 12:27 PM EDT (16:27 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2020, 1:30 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Harris County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Stewart County, GA

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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, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 10:24 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 5:17 AM EDT, 7 hours 10 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, 12:06 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 12:12 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 12:14 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 12:18 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1218 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2020

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

1124 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSE SANDY CREEK       33.46N  84.54W
03/31/2020                   FAYETTE            GA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MULTIPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
            TRAMMELL RD AND ADAMS RD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC2000259

NM

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 12:25 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 12:27 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1227 PM EDT Tue Mar 31 2020

GAZ078-089-090-102-311730-
Chattahoochee GA-Harris GA-Stewart GA-Muscogee GA-
1227 PM EDT Tue Mar 31 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHATTAHOOCHEE...HARRIS...STEWART
AND MUSCOGEE COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM EDT...

At 1224 PM EDT...National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorms just west of the advisory area over portions of
Alabama.

  HAZARD...A line of strong to severe thunderstorms will approach
           the area within the next hour with damaging winds and a
           brief tornado possible. Warnings are likely to be issued
           for this line shortly.

  IMPACT...These storms have exhibited localized rotation. A brief
           tornado could quickly form.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Lumpkin, Hamilton, Cusseta, Richland, Pine Mountain, Waverly Hall,
Fort Benning/Lawson Army Air Fld, North Fort Benning, Bibb City,
Upatoi, F.d. Roosevelt State Park, Green Island Hills, Cataula,
Columbus Metropolitan Airport, Troutman, Sanford, Mountain Hill,
Benning Hills, Benning Park and Fortson.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.

A tornado watch remains in effect. Continue to monitor NOAA Weather
Radio...weather.gov or other media outlets for further statements or
possible warnings on these storms.

LAT...LON 3195 8496 3198 8496 3199 8507 3213 8506
      3226 8489 3233 8501 3243 8496 3264 8511
      3274 8511 3276 8514 3278 8512 3281 8517
      3287 8516 3285 8473 3256 8467 3252 8469
      3252 8467 3249 8466 3194 8466 3192 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 1624Z 240DEG 48KT 3201 8540

HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...50MPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 10:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup	59 min
Mar 31, 10:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Cobb, Douglas	24 min
Mar 31, 11:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton and 3 more	44 min
Mar 31, 11:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton	40 min
Mar 31, 11:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Troup and 1 more	58 min
Mar 31, 11:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Jackson	26 min
Mar 31, 11:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Rockdale and 1 more	38 min
Mar 31, 12:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Jasper	33 min
Mar 31, 12:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Clarke, Madison, Oconee	35 min
Mar 31, 12:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam	33 min
Mar 31, 12:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Talbot, Upson	29 min
Mar 31, 12:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam, Upson	62 min
Mar 31, 12:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	50 min
Mar 31, 1:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee	29 min
Mar 31, 1:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Taylor	41 min
Mar 31, 1:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson	25 min
Mar 31, 1:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion	46 min
Mar 31, 1:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Stewart, Sumter, Webster	23 min
Mar 31, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Hancock	60 min
Mar 31, 1:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski, Sumter, Wilcox	42 min
Mar 31, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson	23 min
Mar 31, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	23 min
Mar 31, 1:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Wilcox	52 min
Mar 31, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson, Washington	60 min
Mar 31, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	35 min
Mar 31, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	50 min
Mar 31, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler, Wilcox	50 min
Mar 31, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson, Twiggs, Wilkinson	29 min
Mar 31, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Laurens	51 min
Mar 31, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	44 min
Mar 31, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	25 min
Mar 31, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	22 min
Mar 31, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	31 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.