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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 2, 2026Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2026, 8:07 PM EDT for Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2026, 8:07 PM EDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2026, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
50

County Polk County, GA

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 2, 7:45 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 7:45 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 1:34 PM EDT, 6 hours 33 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
134 PM EDT Thu Jul 2 2026

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089>098-102>113-031745-
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-
134 PM EDT Thu Jul 2 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north and central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight...

An Extreme Heat Warning is in effect across portions of far
northwest Georgia until 8 PM today. Heat index values here are
expected to reach as high as 111 degrees.

Elsewhere in north Georgia, a Heat Advisory is in effect through
Saturday, with heat index values forecast to reach as high as 108
degrees.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon and
early evening in north Georgia. Several storms may become strong
to severe, capable pf producing damaging wind gusts, large hail,
and frequent lightning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday...

A Heat Advisory is in effect through Saturday at 8PM. Hot
conditions persist, with heat index values forecast to be in
excess of 105 in portions of North Georgia and 100 across central
GA.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are possible each afternoon
across northwest Georgia from Thursday through Saturday. Scattered
thunderstorms will then be possible across the area each afternoon
on Sunday and into next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not requested but spotters are encouraged
to submit reports of severe weather through the web by going to
weather.gov/atlanta.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:17 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:30 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:50 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:57 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:07 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks18 min
Jul 2, 8:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall32 min
Jul 2, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk28 min
Jul 3, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin29 min
Jul 3, 12:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk34 min
Jul 3, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll31 min
Jul 3, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer25 min
Jul 3, 1:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton38 min
Jul 3, 1:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer35 min
Jul 3, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton28 min
Jul 3, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Fulton42 min
Jul 3, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray24 min
Jul 3, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll37 min
Jul 3, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Murray32 min
Jul 3, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Gilmer, Pickens29 min
Jul 3, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett25 min
Jul 3, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette30 min
Jul 3, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade28 min
Jul 3, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton26 min
Jul 3, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Fulton24 min
Jul 3, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett35 min
Jul 3, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry29 min
Jul 3, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens27 min
Jul 3, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas26 min
Jul 3, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette37 min
Jul 3, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield32 min
Jul 3, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton31 min
Jul 3, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Fulton28 min
Jul 3, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett25 min
Jul 3, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield37 min
Jul 3, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee36 min
Jul 3, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb31 min
Jul 3, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas29 min
Jul 3, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon28 min
Jul 3, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker26 min
Jul 3, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta24 min
Jul 3, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta35 min
Jul 3, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb34 min
Jul 3, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk33 min
Jul 3, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding30 min
Jul 3, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon, Walker, Whitfield23 min
Jul 3, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa37 min
Jul 3, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton34 min
Jul 3, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta32 min
Jul 3, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta29 min
Jul 3, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk25 min
Jul 3, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale37 min
Jul 3, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow35 min
Jul 3, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalker33 min
Jul 3, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd, Walker29 min
Jul 3, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker25 min
Jul 3, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk23 min
Jul 3, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow20 min
Jul 3, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd36 min
Jul 3, 4:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker4 hr
Jul 3, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry25 min
Jul 3, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga24 min
Jul 3, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow34 min
Jul 3, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd34 min
Jul 3, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker21 min
Jul 3, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade26 min
Jul 3, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd40 min
Jul 3, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow29 min
Jul 3, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga24 min
Jul 3, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Polk24 min
Jul 3, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk31 min
Jul 3, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks23 min

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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.