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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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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 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 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
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.
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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 MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 23 min |
| Aug 2, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 26 min |
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