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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 27, 2023Pike County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 27, 2023, 2:39 PM EDT for Pike County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued
Aug 27, 2023, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2023, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Pike 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 27, 1:51 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 1:51 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 2:21 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
221 PM EDT Sun Aug 27 2023

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Chattahoochee-Chattooga-Cherokee-Clarke-Clayton-Cobb-Coweta-
Crawford-Crisp-Dade-Dawson-DeKalb-Dodge-Dooly-Douglas-Emanuel-
Fannin-Fayette-Floyd-Forsyth-Gilmer-Glascock-Gordon-Greene-
Gwinnett-Hall-Hancock-Haralson-Harris-Heard-Henry-Houston-Jackson-
Jasper-Jefferson-Johnson-Jones-Lamar-Laurens-Lumpkin-Macon-
Madison-Marion-Meriwether-Monroe-Montgomery-Morgan-Murray-
Muscogee-Newton-North Fulton-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Paulding-Peach-
Pickens-Pike-Polk-Pulaski-Putnam-Rockdale-Schley-South Fulton-
Spalding-Stewart-Sumter-Talbot-Taliaferro-Taylor-Telfair-Toombs-
Towns-Treutlen-Troup-Twiggs-Union-Upson-Walker-Walton-Warren-
Washington-Webster-Wheeler-White-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes-
Wilkinson-
221 PM EDT Sun Aug 27 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight...

Hazardous heat with continue through the afternoon. Expected heat
indices at or above 105 across most of the region. Precautions
should be taken to avoid heat related stress.

Scattered thunderstorms will affect the region from 3 PM today
through the overnight hours. A couple strong or severe storms with
damaging downburst winds are possible between 3 PM and 9 PM.
Brief heavy downpours and frequent lighting can also be
anticipated.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday...

Thunderstorm activity will continue in the region on Monday and
Tuesday. A few storms may produce damaging downburst winds. Heavy
rainfall may also become a concern with widespread two day
rainfall totals over and inch expected. Localized rain amounts
over 3 inches may lead to flooding concerns, especially in north
Georgia on Monday.

Rain and thunderstorm activity should continue Wednesday and
Thursday as tropical cyclone Idalia moves through the region.
At this time flooding from heavy rainfall appears to be the main
concern for central and northern Georgia. An additional 1 to 5
inches of rain are possible Wednesday and Thursday, with the
highest amounts most likely occurring in central or east central
Georgia.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 27, 2:07 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 2:12 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 2:24 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 2:27 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 2:35 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 2:39 PM 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 26, 9:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade25 min
Aug 26, 10:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster31 min
Aug 26, 11:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster35 min
Aug 26, 11:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley23 min
Aug 27, 12:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley29 min
Aug 27, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb23 min
Aug 27, 2:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion33 min
Aug 27, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee36 min
Aug 27, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall33 min
Aug 27, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens25 min
Aug 27, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon32 min
Aug 27, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson24 min
Aug 27, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson29 min
Aug 27, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Laurens24 min
Aug 27, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton28 min
Aug 27, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson23 min
Aug 27, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Gwinnett34 min
Aug 27, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Gwinnett, Hall44 min
Aug 27, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro, Wilkes35 min
Aug 27, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Wilkes27 min
Aug 27, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson25 min
Aug 27, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington30 min
Aug 27, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter24 min
Aug 27, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Lamar, Monroe50 min
Aug 27, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin30 min
Aug 27, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Jones, Putnam50 min
Aug 27, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Madison, Oglethorpe40 min
Aug 27, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan, Oconee33 min
Aug 27, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley, Sumter, Webster27 min
Aug 27, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Gordon38 min
Aug 27, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan30 min
Aug 27, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison, Oglethorpe42 min
Aug 27, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Morgan37 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.