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Flood Watch 1, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 3, 202357 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flood watch at Jan 3, 2023, 2:19 AM EST for 57 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 3, 2023, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 3, 2023, 2:19 AM EST (07:19 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 3, 2023, 1:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 4, 2023, 11:30 AM EST
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Flood severity: None

All 57 counties

Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Webster County, GA, White County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:24 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 Jan 3, 12:28 AM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 12:28 AM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 2, 11:51 PM EST, 2 hours 28 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
Jan 3, 2:11 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade, Walker	49 min
Jan 3, 2:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield	52 min
Jan 3, 2:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield	37 min
Jan 3, 3:09 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	10 min
Jan 3, 3:33 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin, Murray	27 min
Jan 3, 3:49 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer	41 min
Jan 3, 4:21 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee	24 min
Jan 3, 4:21 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Troup	39 min
Jan 3, 4:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Haralson, Heard	47 min
Jan 3, 4:44 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	31 min
Jan 3, 5:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart	28 min
Jan 3, 5:05 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Paulding	25 min
Jan 3, 5:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion, Talbot, Taylor	34 min
Jan 3, 5:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton	33 min
Jan 3, 5:15 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	30 min
Jan 3, 5:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	36 min
Jan 3, 5:27 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Talbot, Taylor, Upson	21 min
Jan 3, 5:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding	36 min
Jan 3, 5:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Spalding	23 min
Jan 3, 6:08 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale	37 min
Jan 3, 6:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth, Gwinnett	33 min
Jan 3, 6:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford	33 min
Jan 3, 6:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	29 min
Jan 3, 6:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee	17 min
Jan 3, 6:41 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Newton, Walton	34 min
Jan 3, 6:46 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	29 min
Jan 3, 6:47 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	28 min
Jan 3, 6:48 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Jackson	27 min
Jan 3, 6:51 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion	39 min
Jan 3, 6:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Stewart	34 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.