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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 20, 2024Meriwether County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2024, 5:44 AM EDT for Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 2024, 5:44 AM EDT (09:44 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2024, 6:15 AM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Meriwether County, GA

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What forecasters said that day

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 Jul 20, 1:52 AM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 1:52 AM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 4:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
402 AM EDT Sat Jul 20 2024

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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-
402 AM EDT Sat Jul 20 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight...

Scattered thunderstorms will continue through tonight in central
and northern Georgia. The strongest storms may produce frequent
lightning, bursts of heavy rainfall and gusts near 40 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday...

Scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms can be expected
through Friday. Severe weather is not anticipated at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:21 AM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:44 AM EDT, 0 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
Jul 20, 5:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton	24 min
Jul 20, 6:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pike	31 min
Jul 20, 1:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	38 min
Jul 20, 1:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston	31 min
Jul 20, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	36 min
Jul 20, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	24 min
Jul 20, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	24 min
Jul 20, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	30 min
Jul 20, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	32 min
Jul 20, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	36 min
Jul 20, 2:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	35 min
Jul 20, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	31 min
Jul 20, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Wilcox	38 min
Jul 20, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	31 min
Jul 20, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Wilcox	34 min
Jul 20, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	26 min
Jul 20, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	27 min
Jul 20, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Telfair, Wilcox	44 min
Jul 20, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	42 min
Jul 20, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	23 min
Jul 20, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	34 min

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Sources

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