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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2026, 1:39 PM EDT for Coweta County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 12, 2026, 1:39 PM EDT (17:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2026, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Coweta County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 16 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
- 1425 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 12, 6:39 AM EDT, 7 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 6:39 AM EDT, 7 hours before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 558 AM EDT Sun Jul 12 2026 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-131000- 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- 558 AM EDT Sun Jul 12 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north and central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... A few thunderstorms will remain possible through the morning, capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rainfall. Numerous to widespread thunderstorms are likely this afternoon and evening. Some storms may become strong to severe and capable of producing gusty to damaging winds, frequent lightning, large hail, and localized flash flooding concerns. A Heat Advisory is in effect for portions of east central Georgia from noon to 8PM. Heat index values up to 106 are expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday... Numerous to widespread thunderstorms are likely on Monday and Tuesday. Some storms may become strong to severe and capable of producing gusty to damaging winds, frequent lightning, and locally heavy rainfall. Scattered afternoon thunderstorms are likely each day through Saturday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 1:15 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
139 PM EDT Sun Jul 12 2026
GAZ053-054-121815-
Fayette GA-Coweta GA-
139 PM EDT Sun Jul 12 2026
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Fayette
and eastern Coweta Counties through 215 PM EDT...
At 139 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Thomas Crossroads, or
near Newnan, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 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...
Newnan, Peachtree City, Tyrone, Senoia, Moreland, Sharpsburg, Turin,
East Newnan, Thomas Crossroads, and Madras.
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 3328 8478 3346 8476 3347 8458 3336 8451
3325 8460
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 275DEG 21KT 3337 8469
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2:01 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen and 3 more | 18 hr |
| Jul 12, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 30 min |
| Jul 12, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 32 min |
| Jul 12, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 35 min |
| Jul 12, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 37 min |
| Jul 12, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Newton | 36 min |
| Jul 12, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Putnam | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Twiggs | 52 min |
| Jul 12, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Walton | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 30 min |
| Jul 12, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 23 min |
| Jul 12, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 35 min |
| Jul 12, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 43 min |
| Jul 12, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jenkins | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 24 min |
| Jul 12, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 41 min |
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