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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 8, 2020Twiggs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2020, 10:18 PM EDT for Twiggs 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

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The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2020, 10:18 PM EDT (02:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2020, 10:45 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

County Twiggs 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 Jun 8, 7:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 7:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 5:33 PM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:12 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
640 PM EDT Mon Jun 8 2020

GAZ112-113-082315-
Toombs GA-Montgomery GA-
640 PM EDT Mon Jun 8 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TOOMBS AND SOUTHEASTERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

At 640 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Cedar Crossing, or
near Plant Hatch...moving north at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...pea sized hail and frequent cloud to
           ground lightning.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
           light...unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Lyons, Vidalia, Uvalda, Higgston, Santa Claus, Alston, Center, Toombs
Central, Ohoopee, New Branch, Ponderosa, McNatt Falls, South
Thompson, English Eddy, Grays Landing, Rock Springs, Cedar Crossing
and Johnson Corner.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

LAT...LON 3194 8228 3193 8230 3195 8231 3193 8231
      3194 8238 3196 8238 3195 8239 3197 8244
      3197 8249 3196 8250 3195 8248 3195 8251
      3221 8253 3228 8231 3223 8221 3216 8218
      3214 8220 3191 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 194DEG 15KT 3201 8238

HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPH

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 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
Jun 9, 12:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	28 min
Jun 9, 1:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	29 min
Jun 9, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	28 min
Jun 9, 1:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	33 min
Jun 9, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston, Pulaski	27 min
Jun 9, 1:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	26 min
Jun 9, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wheeler	25 min
Jun 9, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston, Peach	51 min
Jun 9, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	48 min
Jun 9, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	43 min
Jun 9, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	37 min
Jun 9, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen	46 min
Jun 9, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	43 min
Jun 9, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	42 min
Jun 9, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Jackson, Oconee	24 min
Jun 9, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale	43 min
Jun 9, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	50 min
Jun 9, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Gwinnett, Newton, Walton	37 min
Jun 9, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Walton	49 min
Jun 9, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper, Putnam	38 min
Jun 9, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	51 min
Jun 9, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Henry, Rockdale	34 min
Jun 9, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Hancock, Morgan, Oconee, Walton	47 min
Jun 9, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	37 min
Jun 9, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	37 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.