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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 24, 2020Pulaski County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 24, 2020, 8:35 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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: Aug 24, 2020, 8:35 PM EDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired: Aug 24, 2020, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

County Pulaski 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 Aug 24, 8:05 PM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 8:05 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 4:20 AM EDT, 16 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 24, 3:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
345 PM EDT Mon Aug 24 2020

GAZ072-073-083-084-242030-
Wilkinson GA-Baldwin GA-Jones GA-Twiggs GA-
345 PM EDT Mon Aug 24 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN WILKINSON...SOUTHWESTERN
BALDWIN...SOUTHEASTERN JONES AND NORTHERN TWIGGS COUNTIES UNTIL 430
PM EDT...

At 344 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over McIntyre, or over
Irwinton...moving northwest at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Heavy rain.

  IMPACT...Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially
           in poor drainage areas.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Milledgeville, Irwinton, Gordon, Ivey, McIntyre, Toomsboro,
Midway-Hardwick, Coopers, Allenwood, Mountain Springs, Pancras,
Greenberry Crossroads, Scottsboro and Hardwick.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3282 8305 3272 8323 3292 8352 3312 8320
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 144DEG 11KT 3284 8320

Special weather statement, Aug 24, 6:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 24, 7:40 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
740 PM EDT Mon Aug 24 2020

GAZ108-109-250030-
Wilcox GA-Dodge GA-
740 PM EDT Mon Aug 24 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN WILCOX AND SOUTHERN
DODGE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM EDT...

At 739 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Arp, or 8 miles
northwest of Fitzgerald...moving north at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...frequent cloud to ground lightning
           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
Abbeville, Rochelle, Rhine, Pitts, Browning, Double Run, Antioch
Church, Owensboro and Seville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3185 8339 3185 8357 3199 8361 3200 8316
      3193 8316 3190 8321 3187 8318 3185 8318
      3184 8323
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 173DEG 18KT 3177 8339

WIND...40MPH

Special weather statement, Aug 24, 8:07 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 24, 8:35 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
835 PM EDT Mon Aug 24 2020

GAZ095-096-107>109-250100-
Houston GA-Wilcox GA-Bleckley GA-Dodge GA-Pulaski GA-
835 PM EDT Mon Aug 24 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON...NORTHERN
WILCOX...SOUTHWESTERN BLECKLEY...WESTERN DODGE AND PULASKI COUNTIES
UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

At 835 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Wallace, or 8 miles
south of Hawkinsville...moving north at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...frequent cloud to ground lightning
           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
Cochran, Hawkinsville, Pineview, Browndale, Wallace, Mobley Crossing,
Hartford, Pulaski State Prison, Baileys Park, Klondike, Ocmulgee
Banks and Finleyson.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3228 8361 3229 8361 3236 8364 3239 8332
      3211 8332 3209 8354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 172DEG 25KT 3217 8345

WIND...40MPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 24, 8:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	23 min
Aug 24, 8:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair, Wheeler	26 min
Aug 24, 9:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	27 min
Aug 24, 9:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wheeler	28 min
Aug 24, 9:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	24 min
Aug 24, 9:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	34 min
Aug 24, 9:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	24 min
Aug 24, 9:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	37 min
Aug 24, 10:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	27 min
Aug 24, 11:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	28 min
Aug 24, 11:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs	31 min
Aug 24, 11:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	33 min
Aug 25, 12:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	31 min
Aug 25, 2:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Wheeler	32 min
Aug 25, 3:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler	24 min
Aug 25, 8:39 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Pike, Spalding	6 hr
Aug 25, 9:26 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether	3 hr
Aug 25, 10:07 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale, Spalding	4 hr
Aug 25, 10:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Gwinnett	64 min
Aug 25, 12:10 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Spalding	3 hr
Aug 25, 12:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	31 min
Aug 25, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	34 min
Aug 25, 2:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Haralson, Polk	2 hr
Aug 25, 6:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	23 min
Aug 25, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Toombs	48 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.