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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2026, 12:56 PM EDT for Barrow County, Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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
- Jul 10, 2026, 12:56 PM EDT (16:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2026, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Barrow County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:58 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 97 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1445 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 813 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jul 10, 6:15 AM EDT, 6 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 6:15 AM EDT, 6 hours 41 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 10, 7:51 AM EDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
751 AM EDT Fri Jul 10 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0425 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 W Decatur 33.78N 84.31W
07/09/2026 DeKalb GA Broadcast Media
Broadcast media reports tree on home and
across street.
&&Local storm report, Jul 10, 10:33 AM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1033 AM EDT Fri Jul 10 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 4 WNW Hebron 32.99N 83.06W
07/09/2026 Baldwin GA Emergency Mngr
EM reports tree down at Harmony Church Rd
near Fall Line Fwy.
&&Local storm report, Jul 10, 10:35 AM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1035 AM EDT Fri Jul 10 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 3 NW Browns Crossing 33.09N 83.40W
07/09/2026 Baldwin GA Emergency Mngr
EM reports tree down at Nelson Rd NW and
Hitchcock Rd NW.
&&Special weather statement, Jul 10, 12:56 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1256 PM EDT Fri Jul 10 2026
GAZ025-034-035-037-047-101730-
Jackson GA-Walton GA-Barrow GA-Gwinnett GA-Oconee GA-
1256 PM EDT Fri Jul 10 2026
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Oconee,
Barrow, southeastern Gwinnett, northern Walton and southwestern
Jackson Counties through 130 PM EDT...
At 1256 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Harbin, or 7 miles
east of Lawrenceville, moving east at 35 mph.
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...
Lawrenceville, Winder, Jefferson, Snellville, Loganville, Braselton,
Auburn, Dacula, Grayson, Statham, Hoschton, Bogart, Bethlehem,
Pendergrass, Between, Carl, Talmo, Fort Yargo State Park, Windsor,
and Harbin.
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 3399 8353 3385 8355 3379 8403 3395 8409
3420 8369
TIME...MOT...LOC 1656Z 263DEG 29KT 3395 8386
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 8:01 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:01 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 44 min |
| Jul 10, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 20 min |
| Jul 10, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 37 min |
| Jul 10, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 24 min |
| Jul 10, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 24 min |
| Jul 10, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Putnam | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Jasper, Putnam, Taliaferro | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 23 min |
| Jul 10, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.