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Flood Watch 5, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 26, 20228 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flood watch at May 26, 2022, 3:55 AM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2022, 3:55 AM EDT (07:55 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2022, 10:28 PM EDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Flood severity: None

Counties Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at May 26, 2:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 2:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 25 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 26, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge	37 min
May 26, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	24 min
May 26, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	33 min
May 26, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson	38 min
May 26, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	34 min
May 26, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Washington	35 min
May 26, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	31 min
May 26, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro	29 min
May 26, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington	23 min
May 26, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro	35 min
May 26, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Towns, Union, White	32 min
May 26, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Johnson, Warren	31 min
May 26, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	26 min
May 26, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro	17 min
May 26, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	34 min
May 26, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	30 min
May 26, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	28 min
May 26, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	32 min
May 26, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock, Washington	26 min
May 26, 7:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	31 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.