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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 18, 2020Emanuel County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2020, 12:23 AM EDT for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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
Aug 18, 2020, 12:23 AM EDT (04:23 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2020, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
40

County Emanuel County, GA

The radar

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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 Aug 17, 10:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 10:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 17, 6:48 PM EDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 18, 12:23 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 12:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel30 min
Aug 18, 1:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCandler30 min
Aug 18, 1:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski37 min
Aug 18, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen30 min
Aug 18, 2:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel24 min
Aug 18, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens37 min
Aug 18, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel45 min
Aug 18, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs36 min
Aug 18, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs47 min
Aug 18, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens29 min
Aug 18, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox31 min
Aug 18, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson35 min
Aug 18, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler33 min
Aug 18, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Wheeler28 min
Aug 18, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Wheeler42 min
Aug 18, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren33 min
Aug 18, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley24 min
Aug 18, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge33 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.