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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 20, 2026Taylor County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2026, 12:55 PM EDT for Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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: Jun 20, 2026, 12:55 PM EDT (16:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2026, 1:30 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

County Taylor County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 91 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: 66 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -251 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1278 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 93 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 Jun 20, 6:54 AM EDT, 6 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 6:54 AM EDT, 6 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 3:17 AM EDT, 9 hours 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 12:55 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1255 PM EDT Sat Jun 20 2026

GAZ080-201730-
Taylor GA-
1255 PM EDT Sat Jun 20 2026

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Taylor
County through 130 PM EDT...

At 1254 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Howard, or 8 miles
west of Butler. This storm was nearly stationary.

HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind, 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...
Butler and Howard.

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 3251 8442 3256 8443 3256 8441 3261 8441
      3262 8440 3264 8426 3257 8421 3248 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1654Z 264DEG 3KT 3256 8439

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 10:47 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dooly	8 hr
Jun 20, 1:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	25 min
Jun 20, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	28 min
Jun 20, 3:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Macon, Marion, Talbot, Taylor	5 hr
Jun 20, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	39 min
Jun 20, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Pulaski	43 min
Jun 20, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox	40 min
Jun 20, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	41 min
Jun 20, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wheeler	30 min
Jun 20, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart	24 min
Jun 20, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	35 min
Jun 20, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart, Webster	28 min
Jun 20, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion, Schley, Sumter	29 min
Jun 20, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon, Schley, Sumter	45 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.