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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 29, 2025Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 29, 2025, 4:03 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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 29, 2025, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2025, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Laurens County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 28, 7:33 PM EDT, 20 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 7:33 PM EDT, 20 hours 30 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 28, 11:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	49 min
Jul 29, 12:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson, Polk	53 min
Jul 29, 12:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	49 min
Jul 29, 3:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	30 min
Jul 29, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	36 min
Jul 29, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	36 min
Jul 29, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock	26 min
Jul 29, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Ben Hill	31 min
Jul 29, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	24 min
Jul 29, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	31 min
Jul 29, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston	30 min
Jul 29, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	24 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.