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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2025, 4:15 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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 20, 2025, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2025, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1093 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 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 20, 2:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 2:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 211 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-211815- 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- 211 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north and central Georgia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... Scattered thunderstorms are expected across north and central Georgia through 11 PM tonight. A few storms may become strong to severe in northwest Georgia, with wind gusts in the 40 to 50 mph range being the main potential hazard. Isolated rainfall amounts near 2 inches could also occur. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday... Scattered thunderstorms will continue in Georgia through Sunday, with the most activity expected between 2 PM and 10 PM each day. The severe weather risk remains low, but an isolated flooding threat could develop Friday or Saturday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 3:54 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 51 min |
| Aug 20, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 27 min |
| Aug 20, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 36 min |
| Aug 20, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 46 min |
| Aug 20, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 25 min |
| Aug 20, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 24 min |
| Aug 20, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 27 min |
| Aug 20, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 27 min |
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