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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 2, 2025Dodge County, Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2025, 4:53 PM EDT for Dodge County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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 2, 2025, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2025, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
30

Counties Dodge County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 179 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2025-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 867 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2025-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
867 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Aug 2, 3:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 3:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 2:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
242 PM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-031845-
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-
242 PM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north and central Georgia.

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

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected
this afternoon and evening. An isolated strong to severe storm or
two could develop this afternoon across central Georgia with wind
gusts in the 40 to 60 mph range. Rainfall amounts of 1-3 inches
with locally higher could lead to flooding potential of central
and western Georgia.

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

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 2, 2:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:53 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
453 PM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025

GAZ097-105-106-108>111-022130-
Crisp GA-Dooly GA-Wheeler GA-Telfair GA-Wilcox GA-Laurens GA-
Dodge GA-
453 PM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of south central
Laurens, southern Dodge, northwestern Telfair, Wilcox, southeastern
Dooly, west central Wheeler and northeastern Crisp Counties through
530 PM EDT...

At 453 PM EDT, a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from Tremont to near Abbeville to near Jay Bird Springs,
and moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Heavy rain.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially
         in poor drainage areas.

Locations impacted include...
Eastman, Abbeville, Alamo, Helena, Rochelle, Milan, Pineview, Rhine,
Chauncey, Pitts, Union, Seville, Jay Bird Springs, Pleasant View,
Tippettville, Godwinsville, East Crisp, Cedar Creek, Antioch Church,
and Pope City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.

&&

LAT...LON 3209 8374 3212 8336 3210 8334 3213 8331
      3225 8298 3214 8277 3193 8322 3189 8368
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 300DEG 11KT 3201 8367 3205 8332 3219 8300

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 2:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren23 min
Aug 2, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair34 min
Aug 2, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley26 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.