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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 17, 2026Bibb County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 17, 2026, 4:07 PM EDT for Bibb County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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: May 17, 2026, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2026, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Bibb County, GA

The radar

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 17, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilkinson	33 min
May 17, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	30 min
May 17, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	24 min
May 17, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	32 min
May 17, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton	27 min
May 17, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Newton	33 min
May 17, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	31 min
May 17, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	29 min
May 17, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	27 min
May 17, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair	25 min
May 17, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	37 min
May 17, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	34 min
May 17, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton	33 min
May 17, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery	32 min
May 17, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair	28 min
May 17, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Jones, Putnam	25 min
May 17, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen	25 min
May 17, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wheeler	21 min
May 17, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Telfair	28 min
May 17, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	27 min
May 17, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen	29 min
May 17, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	30 min
May 17, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Henry	28 min
May 17, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens	32 min
May 17, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson	29 min
May 17, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Henry, Rockdale	32 min
May 17, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	31 min
May 17, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	31 min
May 17, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson	29 min
May 17, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston	36 min
May 17, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	28 min
May 17, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	30 min
May 17, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford	24 min
May 17, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson	37 min
May 17, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	29 min
May 17, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson	24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.