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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 13, 20256 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 13, 2025, 3:39 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 66 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 13, 2025, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2025, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 30

Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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 Aug 12, 7:33 PM EDT, 20 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 7:33 PM EDT, 20 hours 6 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
Aug 12, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe	29 min
Aug 12, 8:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, White	11 min
Aug 13, 10:13 AM EDT	Flood Watch	FFC	Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 15 more	13 hr
Aug 13, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	28 min
Aug 13, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	28 min
Aug 13, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether	37 min
Aug 13, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	35 min
Aug 13, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Floyd, Pickens, Polk	58 min
Aug 13, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	31 min
Aug 13, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Forsyth, Haralson, Paulding, Polk	62 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.