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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 23, 2026Telfair County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 23, 2026, 8:13 PM EDT for Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 23, 2026, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2026, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
50

County Telfair County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 223 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2026-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1137 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2026-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1089 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 May 23, 7:39 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 7:39 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 8:07 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
807 PM EDT Sat May 23 2026

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-250015-
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-
807 PM EDT Sat May 23 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north and central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...Tonight...

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected
through tonight. A few storms could become strong to severe,
this evening. The primary risk will be strong to locally damaging
wind gusts and frequent lightning. Locally heavy rainfall can be
expected, which could lead to isolated flash flooding concerns.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday...

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected Sunday through
Friday, especially during the afternoon and evening hours, which
will bring the risk for locally heavy rainfall and frequent
lightning. A few storms could become severe.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 6:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 23, 6:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
649 PM EDT Sat May 23 2026

GAZ104>106-232315-
Crisp GA-Dooly GA-Sumter GA-
649 PM EDT Sat May 23 2026

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Dooly, southeastern Sumter and northwestern Crisp Counties
through 715 PM EDT...

At 649 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Chokee, or 11 miles
northeast of Leesburg, moving north at 15 mph.

HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind, pea sized hail and frequent cloud to
         ground lightning.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
         light, unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Leslie, De Soto, Desoto, Cobb, Lamar, Georgia Veterans Memorial St
Pk, and Huntington.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3190 8393 3191 8393 3192 8406 3192 8418
      3207 8416 3207 8383
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 195DEG 14KT 3189 8408

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Special weather statement, May 23, 7:16 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 23, 7:48 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 23, 7:53 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
753 PM EDT Sat May 23 2026

GAZ031-240030-
Paulding GA-
753 PM EDT Sat May 23 2026

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Paulding
County through 830 PM EDT...

At 753 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Braswell, or near
Dallas, moving north at 15 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
         light, unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Dallas, Braswell, Yorkville, and Burnt Hickory Ridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3395 8499 3396 8498 3398 8497 3407 8492
      3408 8492 3408 8480 3404 8474 3403 8474
      3387 8488 3388 8502
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 201DEG 11KT 3395 8494

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

Culver
Special weather statement, May 23, 8:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
813 PM EDT Sat May 23 2026

GAZ110-240045-
Telfair GA-
813 PM EDT Sat May 23 2026

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Telfair County through 845 PM EDT...

At 813 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Jacksonville, or 14
miles northwest of Broxton, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind, pea sized hail and frequent cloud to
         ground lightning.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
         light, unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Jacksonville, China Hill, Horse Creek Wma, and Workmore.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3180 8307 3181 8309 3181 8310 3182 8311
      3181 8313 3184 8316 3198 8311 3194 8281
      3183 8280 3181 8282 3182 8284 3179 8286
      3178 8289 3179 8290 3178 8292 3179 8297
      3178 8301
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 237DEG 22KT 3181 8301

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Culver

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 8:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup27 min
May 23, 8:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding28 min
May 23, 8:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens33 min
May 23, 9:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens28 min
May 23, 9:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding33 min
May 23, 9:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCPaulding2 hr
May 23, 9:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson, Treutlen33 min
May 23, 11:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCobb, Fulton3 hr
May 24, 12:30 PM EDTFlood WatchFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll and 65 more58 hr
May 24, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike34 min
May 24, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk31 min
May 24, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike, Upson29 min
May 24, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Pike, Upson29 min
May 24, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Floyd26 min
May 24, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Upson26 min
May 24, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon27 min
May 24, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow25 min
May 24, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe20 min
May 24, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee32 min
May 24, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield29 min
May 24, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette18 min
May 24, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper16 min
May 24, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart, Sumter, Webster37 min
May 24, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb24 min
May 24, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Webster34 min
May 24, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford27 min
May 24, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Wilcox26 min
May 24, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair23 min
May 24, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly21 min
May 24, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Dooly, Pulaski28 min
May 24, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Wheeler27 min
May 24, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb26 min
May 24, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Dodge, Houston, Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski and 2 more33 min
May 24, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach15 min
May 24, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb15 min
May 24, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs28 min
May 24, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Treutlen10 min
May 24, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Twiggs, Wilkinson22 min
May 24, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson, Treutlen28 min
May 24, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson14 min
May 24, 7:57 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMadison18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.