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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 9, 20264 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 9, 2026, 11:10 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2026, 11:10 PM EDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2026, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 50

Counties Lamar County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Pike County, GA, Spalding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 9, 11:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Williamson, GA	EMA reports a few trees down in the Chapel Hill Rd area.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 29 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1375 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

053 
WWUS82 KFFC 100310
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1110 PM EDT Mon Mar 9 2026
 
GAZ055>058-067>070-100345-
Butts GA-Lamar GA-Clayton GA-Upson GA-Spalding GA-Meriwether GA-
Pike GA-Henry GA-
1110 PM EDT Mon Mar 9 2026

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Spalding, east 
central Meriwether, Pike, southern Henry, northwestern Upson, 
southwestern Butts, southeastern Clayton and Lamar Counties 
through 1145 PM EDT...

At 1110 PM EDT, a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line 
extending from Atlanta Motor Speedway to Rover to near 
Greenville, and moving southeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind, up to penny sized hail, frequent cloud 
         to ground lightning and heavy rain.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of 
         light, unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary 
         street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.

Locations impacted include...
Griffin, McDonough, Thomaston, Barnesville, Zebulon, Greenville,
Hampton, Lovejoy, Locust Grove, Woodbury, Milner, Jenkinsburg,
Molena, Williamson, Orchard Hill, Meansville, Sunny Side, Aldora,
Gay, and Sunset Village.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

&&

LAT...LON 3326 8441 3350 8434 3339 8397 3320 8402
      3320 8404 3309 8405 3286 8444 3303 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 294DEG 37KT 3341 8431 3321 8436 3304 8465 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

Culver

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 8:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd, Polk	34 min
Mar 9, 9:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Carroll, Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk	44 min
Mar 9, 9:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Carroll, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton and 1 more	51 min
Mar 9, 10:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	29 min
Mar 9, 10:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether	33 min
Mar 9, 11:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Monroe, Upson	33 min
Mar 10, 12:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Jasper, Jones, Putnam	51 min
Mar 10, 12:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Talbot, Taylor	47 min
Mar 10, 1:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford	40 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.