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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 18, 20204 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 18, 2020, 2:08 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: May 18, 2020, 2:08 PM EDT (18:08 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2020, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Harris County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Stewart 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 May 18, 7:40 AM EDT, 6 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 7:40 AM EDT, 6 hours 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 4:45 AM EDT, 9 hours 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 18, 11:52 AM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 12:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 1:15 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 2:08 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
208 PM EDT Mon May 18 2020

GAZ078-089-090-102-181845-
Chattahoochee GA-Harris GA-Stewart GA-Muscogee GA-
208 PM EDT Mon May 18 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHATTAHOOCHEE...SOUTHERN
HARRIS...STEWART AND MUSCOGEE COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM EDT...

At 208 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from Goat Rock Lake to near Union...and moving northeast at
20 mph.

  HAZARD...40 mph wind and heavy rain.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
           light...unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
           street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.

Some locations in the path of these storms include
Columbus, Lumpkin, Hamilton, Cusseta, Richland, Waverly Hall, North
Fort Benning, Bibb City, Upatoi, Fort Benning/lawson Army Air Fld,
Goat Rock Lake, Ellerslie, Laurel Hills, Green Island Hills,
Westville, Vista Terrace, Cataula, Columbus Metropolitan Airport,
Jamestown/south Fort Benning and Brooklyn.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Motorists should
slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3192 8491 3195 8496 3198 8496 3198 8500
      3215 8504 3220 8496 3222 8498 3226 8489
      3233 8501 3244 8497 3264 8511 3268 8510
      3278 8477 3264 8469 3256 8469 3256 8467
      3252 8469 3253 8464 3249 8466 3193 8466
TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 242DEG 17KT 3259 8510 3191 8491

WIND...40MPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 2:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	24 min
May 18, 2:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	46 min
May 18, 11:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	23 min
May 18, 12:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro	26 min
May 18, 1:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	45 min
May 18, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	25 min
May 18, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Peach, Sumter	45 min
May 18, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Monroe, Upson	26 min
May 18, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Morgan, Newton, Putnam and 1 more	24 min
May 18, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton	32 min
May 18, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Putnam, Walton	38 min
May 18, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Gwinnett	23 min
May 18, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Oconee, Walton	33 min
May 18, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Jackson and 1 more	30 min
May 18, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock	52 min
May 18, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro, Warren	23 min
May 18, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Jackson, Madison	34 min
May 18, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin	28 min
May 18, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	37 min
May 18, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Madison	32 min
May 18, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall, Lumpkin, White	28 min
May 18, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes	32 min
May 18, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro, Wilkes	22 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.