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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
The area
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The facts
- 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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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 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 National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 221 PM EDT Sun Aug 27 2023 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-281830- Baldwin-Banks-Barrow-Bartow-Bibb-Bleckley-Butts-Carroll-Catoosa- 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.
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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 2:07 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 9:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 25 min |
| Aug 26, 10:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 31 min |
| Aug 26, 11:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 35 min |
| Aug 26, 11:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 23 min |
| Aug 27, 12:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 29 min |
| Aug 27, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 23 min |
| Aug 27, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 33 min |
| Aug 27, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 36 min |
| Aug 27, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 33 min |
| Aug 27, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 25 min |
| Aug 27, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 32 min |
| Aug 27, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 24 min |
| Aug 27, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Aug 27, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens | 24 min |
| Aug 27, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 28 min |
| Aug 27, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 23 min |
| Aug 27, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett | 34 min |
| Aug 27, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall | 44 min |
| Aug 27, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 35 min |
| Aug 27, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 27 min |
| Aug 27, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 25 min |
| Aug 27, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 30 min |
| Aug 27, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 24 min |
| Aug 27, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Monroe | 50 min |
| Aug 27, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 30 min |
| Aug 27, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones, Putnam | 50 min |
| Aug 27, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe | 40 min |
| Aug 27, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Oconee | 33 min |
| Aug 27, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Sumter, Webster | 27 min |
| Aug 27, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon | 38 min |
| Aug 27, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 30 min |
| Aug 27, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison, Oglethorpe | 42 min |
| Aug 27, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Morgan | 37 min |
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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.