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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 11, 2026Lumpkin County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2026, 10:33 AM EDT for Lumpkin County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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 11, 2026, 10:33 AM EDT (14:33 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Lumpkin County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:33 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 146 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: 1825 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 672 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -6 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 Jul 11, 6:27 AM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 6:27 AM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 2:40 AM EDT, 7 hours 53 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
240 AM EDT Sat Jul 11 2026

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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-
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Madison-Marion-Meriwether-Monroe-Montgomery-Morgan-Murray-
Muscogee-Newton-North Fulton-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Paulding-Peach-
Pickens-Pike-Polk-Pulaski-Putnam-Rockdale-Schley-South Fulton-
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Towns-Treutlen-Troup-Twiggs-Union-Upson-Walker-Walton-Warren-
Washington-Webster-Wheeler-White-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes-
Wilkinson-
240 AM EDT Sat Jul 11 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north and central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...Tonight...

A few thunderstorms will remain possible overnight, capable of
producing lightning and brief heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday...

A Heat Advisory is in effect from noon to 8 PM Saturday for
portions of east central Georgia where heat index values up to
106 are expected.

Numerous to widespread thunderstorms are likely this weekend. Some
storms may become strong to severe and capable of producing gusty
to damaging winds, frequent lightning, large hail, and localized
flash flooding concerns.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 10:33 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 8:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	24 min
Jul 10, 8:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox	41 min
Jul 10, 9:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	36 min
Jul 11, 12:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	32 min
Jul 11, 11:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke	37 min
Jul 11, 12:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe	29 min
Jul 11, 12:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	31 min
Jul 11, 12:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Elbert	33 min
Jul 11, 12:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	31 min
Jul 11, 1:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Towns	25 min
Jul 11, 1:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	37 min
Jul 11, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow	29 min
Jul 11, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	36 min
Jul 11, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	29 min
Jul 11, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow	28 min
Jul 11, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro	28 min
Jul 11, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	25 min
Jul 11, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro, Warren	34 min
Jul 11, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	36 min
Jul 11, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Paulding	31 min
Jul 11, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	38 min
Jul 11, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walton	31 min
Jul 11, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	32 min
Jul 11, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	33 min
Jul 11, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Newton	32 min
Jul 11, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	29 min
Jul 11, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	31 min
Jul 11, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	30 min
Jul 11, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Morgan, Putnam	23 min
Jul 11, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	24 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.