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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 24, 2020Dawson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 24, 2020, 1:39 AM EDT for Dawson County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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: May 24, 2020, 1:39 AM EDT (05:39 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2020, 2:15 AM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

County Dawson 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.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 23, 8:57 PM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 8:57 PM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 7:42 PM EDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 10:36 PM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 10:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 11:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 11:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 24, 12:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 24, 1:39 AM 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
May 23, 10:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	38 min
May 23, 10:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	24 min
May 23, 10:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb	27 min
May 23, 11:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	24 min
May 23, 11:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	31 min
May 24, 12:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	40 min
May 24, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Towns	31 min
May 24, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	34 min
May 24, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	30 min
May 24, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris	49 min
May 24, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	26 min
May 24, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Pike, Upson	38 min
May 24, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	29 min
May 24, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Troup	23 min
May 24, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Troup	37 min
May 24, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Forsyth	10 min
May 24, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Meriwether	27 min
May 24, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Union	26 min
May 24, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pike	24 min
May 24, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	46 min
May 24, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Pike, Upson	44 min
May 24, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	26 min
May 24, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Spalding, Troup	43 min
May 24, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Troup	41 min
May 24, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	36 min
May 24, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	36 min
May 24, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston	37 min
May 24, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	51 min
May 24, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Pike	35 min
May 24, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	31 min
May 24, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	25 min
May 24, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Monroe	28 min
May 24, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	28 min
May 24, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	33 min
May 24, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilcox	24 min
May 24, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	28 min
May 24, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge	26 min
May 24, 7:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	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.