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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 6, 2023Jasper County, Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2023, 3:23 PM EDT for Jasper County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2023, 3:23 PM EDT (19:23 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2023, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

Counties Jasper County, GA, Putnam 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 6, 3:01 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 3:01 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 3:06 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 6, 2:47 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 2:48 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
248 PM EDT Sun Aug 6 2023

GAZ038-039-050-051-061915-
Taliaferro GA-Wilkes GA-Oglethorpe GA-Greene GA-
248 PM EDT Sun Aug 6 2023

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northeastern Greene,
northwestern Taliaferro, northwestern Wilkes and eastern Oglethorpe
Counties through 315 PM EDT...

At 247 PM EDT, a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Vesta to Rayle to Daniel Springs, and moving east
at 40 mph.

HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind, pea sized hail and frequent cloud to
         ground lightning.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
         light, unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Union Point, Rayle, Jacksons Crossroads, Philomath, Vesta, Carters
Grove, and Daniel Springs.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3363 8294 3358 8300 3357 8307 3392 8303
      3403 8300 3404 8298 3404 8295 3403 8293
      3402 8294 3401 8294 3401 8291 3398 8286
      3399 8284 3397 8278 3396 8277
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 286DEG 8KT 3399 8293 3381 8291 3363 8298

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 2:51 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 3:10 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 3:16 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
316 PM EDT Sun Aug 6 2023

GAZ039-051-061-062-061945-
Taliaferro GA-Wilkes GA-Hancock GA-Warren GA-
316 PM EDT Sun Aug 6 2023

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Warren,
northeastern Hancock, southeastern Taliaferro and central Wilkes
Counties through 345 PM EDT...

At 316 PM EDT, a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from Broad River Campground to near Rocky Creek Fire Dept.
to Springfield, and moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind, pea sized hail and frequent cloud to
         ground lightning.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
         light, unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Washington, Tignall, Norwood, Sharon, Camak, Springfield, Ficklin,
Cadley, Delhi, Lundberg, Metasville, Floral Hill, Holliday Park,
Aonia, Powelton, Barnett, Danburg, Rocky Creek Fire Dept., and
Raytown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3365 8249 3366 8251 3365 8252 3364 8256
      3365 8258 3363 8258 3363 8262 3362 8262
      3361 8265 3349 8260 3342 8270 3333 8305
      3361 8281 3398 8274 3399 8266 3386 8261
      3387 8257 3383 8260 3380 8258 3364 8248
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 248DEG 21KT 3398 8266 3361 8264 3340 8293

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 3:23 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
323 PM EDT Sun Aug 6 2023

GAZ059-060-072-073-062000-
Putnam GA-Baldwin GA-Jones GA-Jasper GA-
323 PM EDT Sun Aug 6 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Baldwin, southwestern Putnam, northeastern Jones and southeastern
Jasper Counties through 400 PM EDT...

At 323 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was near Hillsboro, or 7 miles
southeast of Monticello, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind, pea sized hail and frequent cloud to
         ground lightning.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
         light, unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Eatonton, Monticello, Meriwether, Ethridge, Hillsboro, Resseaus
Crossroads, Stanfordville, Warfield, Adgateville, Blountsville, and
Willard.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3314 8371 3332 8371 3334 8328 3307 8332
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 275DEG 26KT 3323 8359

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 9:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa	24 min
Aug 6, 9:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	37 min
Aug 6, 11:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	27 min
Aug 6, 11:35 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Clayton and 39 more	8 hr
Aug 6, 11:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	24 min
Aug 6, 11:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pickens	38 min
Aug 6, 12:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	29 min
Aug 6, 12:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson	36 min
Aug 6, 12:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Gwinnett, Jackson	31 min
Aug 6, 12:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Rockdale, Walton	29 min
Aug 6, 1:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	26 min
Aug 6, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Walton	32 min
Aug 6, 1:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	28 min
Aug 6, 1:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Morgan, Oconee	35 min
Aug 6, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Douglas, Fulton	24 min
Aug 6, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Taliaferro, Wilkes	27 min
Aug 6, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding	25 min
Aug 6, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	37 min
Aug 6, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard	34 min
Aug 6, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	29 min
Aug 6, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta	44 min
Aug 6, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	27 min
Aug 6, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton	24 min
Aug 6, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Henry, Newton, Rockdale	27 min
Aug 6, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	35 min
Aug 6, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Spalding	21 min
Aug 6, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	29 min
Aug 6, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson, Polk	42 min
Aug 6, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Floyd	38 min
Aug 6, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Lamar, Meriwether and 2 more	29 min
Aug 6, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding and 1 more	38 min
Aug 6, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	25 min
Aug 6, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe	23 min
Aug 6, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Twiggs, Wilkinson	29 min
Aug 6, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	36 min
Aug 6, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard, Troup	34 min
Aug 6, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton	30 min
Aug 6, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington, Wilkinson	25 min
Aug 6, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Heard, Troup	44 min
Aug 6, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Coweta	23 min
Aug 6, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	36 min
Aug 6, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson, Johnson, Washington	29 min
Aug 6, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Troup	39 min
Aug 6, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson	52 min
Aug 6, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Dade, Walker	50 min
Aug 6, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Washington	48 min
Aug 6, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether	18 min
Aug 6, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston, Peach	47 min
Aug 6, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd, Polk	46 min
Aug 6, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Houston, Twiggs	44 min
Aug 6, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson	36 min
Aug 6, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Walker, Whitfield	47 min
Aug 6, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Haralson, Heard, Polk	43 min
Aug 6, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen	50 min
Aug 6, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Talbot, Upson	34 min
Aug 6, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach and 1 more	46 min
Aug 6, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade, Walker	30 min
Aug 6, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	32 min
Aug 6, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	32 min
Aug 6, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford	30 min
Aug 6, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding, Polk	45 min
Aug 6, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Wheeler	38 min
Aug 6, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup	33 min
Aug 6, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	32 min
Aug 6, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Douglas, Fulton	29 min
Aug 6, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	23 min
Aug 6, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler	29 min
Aug 6, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	28 min
Aug 6, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton	27 min
Aug 6, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	45 min
Aug 6, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	40 min
Aug 6, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler, Wilcox	30 min
Aug 6, 7:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	33 min
Aug 6, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	35 min
Aug 6, 7:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair	28 min
Aug 6, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	39 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.