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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2025, 2:17 PM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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
- Aug 1, 2025, 2:17 PM EDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2025, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Hall County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 577 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 886 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Aug 1, 1:51 PM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 1:51 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 2:06 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 206 PM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-021815- 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- 206 PM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north and central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... Hot weather continues today with heat indices values near 105 degrees across east central Georgia. A Heat Advisory remains in place through 8 PM. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected through 1 AM. An isolated strong to severe storm or two could develop this afternoon with wind gusts in the 40 to 60 mph range and periods of heavy rain. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday... Diurnally driven isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms expected each afternoon and evening through Thursday. Persistent rainfall through next week could pose a flooding threat, particularly in central Georgia. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not requested but spotters are encouraged to submit reports of severe weather through the web by going to weather.gov/atlanta. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 2:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
217 PM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025
GAZ014-015-022-023-011900-
Hall GA-Dawson GA-Forsyth GA-Lumpkin GA-
217 PM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern
Forsyth, south central Lumpkin, southeastern Dawson and northwestern
Hall Counties through 300 PM EDT...
At 216 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was near Dougherty, or 7 miles
southeast of Dawsonville. This storm was nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Up to 40 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...
Gainesville, Dougherty, Silver City, Coal Mountain, Chestatee, and
War Hill Park.
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 3436 8417 3447 8399 3433 8383 3422 8408
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 327DEG 4KT 3434 8404
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 9:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 25 min |
| Jul 31, 10:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson, Wilkinson | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 24 min |
| Aug 1, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 31 min |
| Aug 1, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Spalding | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 25 min |
| Aug 1, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 26 min |
| Aug 1, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 27 min |
| Aug 1, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 27 min |
| Aug 1, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 35 min |
| Aug 1, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 33 min |
| Aug 1, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 27 min |
| Aug 1, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 31 min |
| Aug 1, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 31 min |
| Aug 1, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.