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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 24, 2020Marion County, Taylor County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2020, 8:34 PM EDT for Marion County, Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2020, 8:34 PM EDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2020, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
50

Counties Marion County, GA, Taylor 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 24, 7:36 PM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 7:36 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 4:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
456 PM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-252100-
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-
456 PM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight...

Numerous to widespread showers and thunderstorms can be expected
into tonight. A few thunderstorms may become strong to severe
through this evening. The main hazards will be gusty winds...frequent
lightning and heavy rain.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday...

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible each
afternoon and evening. Gusty winds, frequent lightning, and heavy
rain will be possible with any storms that do develop.
A cold front is expected to move through the area bringing
additional chances for scattered thunderstorms.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not requested but spotters are encouraged
to submit reports of severe weather through the web by going to
weather.gov/atlanta.  Please relay any information about observed severe
weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and CDC
guidelines.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 24, 6:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
648 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2020

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

0426 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LEXINGTON               33.87N  83.12W
06/24/2020                   OGLETHORPE         GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ONE TREE DOWN ON A POWERLINE ALONG UNION POINT ROAD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC2000788

NLIST
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
649 PM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020

GAZ074-084-085-097-242315-
Wilkinson GA-Washington GA-Johnson GA-Laurens GA-
649 PM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILKINSON...
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON AND NORTHERN LAURENS
COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

At 648 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Irwinton...moving east
at 40 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 this storm include
Wrightsville, Irwinton, McIntyre, Harrison, Toomsboro, Oconee, Spann,
Donovan, Tuckers Crossroad and Nicklesville.

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 3268 8322 3286 8322 3291 8276 3276 8265
      3264 8276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 270DEG 33KT 3278 8313

WIND...40MPH
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
707 PM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020

GAZ085-086-097-098-242330-
Emanuel GA-Treutlen GA-Johnson GA-Laurens GA-
707 PM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN EMANUEL...NORTHERN
TREUTLEN...SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON AND NORTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTIES
UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

At 707 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Scott, or 11 miles
east of Dublin...moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 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 this storm include
Swainsboro, Adrian, Nunez, Covena, Rockledge, Orianna, Norristown,
Minter, Norristown Junction, Meeks, Brewton, Blackville, Gillis
Springs and Scott.

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 3244 8284 3262 8285 3268 8240 3257 8228
      3243 8237
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 265DEG 37KT 3255 8271

WIND...50MPH
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 8:00 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 8:34 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
Jun 24, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion30 min
Jun 24, 11:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley35 min
Jun 24, 11:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Pulaski37 min
Jun 24, 11:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Houston, Macon, Pulaski42 min
Jun 25, 12:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp49 min
Jun 25, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Talbot25 min
Jun 25, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot33 min
Jun 25, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Peach, Taylor38 min
Jun 25, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Peach32 min
Jun 25, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot35 min
Jun 25, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley33 min
Jun 25, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley, Talbot, Taylor49 min
Jun 25, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge29 min
Jun 25, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot25 min
Jun 25, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens, Pulaski36 min
Jun 25, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee23 min
Jun 25, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly33 min
Jun 25, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot, Taylor45 min
Jun 25, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Sumter38 min
Jun 25, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris50 min
Jun 25, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair48 min
Jun 25, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon25 min
Jun 25, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart31 min
Jun 25, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon33 min
Jun 25, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter48 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.