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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 27, 2026DeKalb County, Newton County, Rockdale County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2026, 9:49 AM EDT for DeKalb County, Newton County, Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 27, 2026, 9:49 AM EDT (13:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2026, 10:15 AM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

Counties DeKalb County, GA, Newton County, GA, Rockdale County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:50 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 54 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: 2833 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -42 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 27, 6:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 6:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 5:56 AM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 7:36 AM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 8:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 8:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 8:59 AM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 9:01 AM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 9:49 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 26, 8:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Twiggs	29 min
Jul 26, 8:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery	28 min
Jul 26, 10:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	25 min
Jul 26, 10:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Ben Hill	32 min
Jul 26, 11:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery	33 min
Jul 27, 12:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	37 min
Jul 27, 7:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	24 min
Jul 27, 8:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	27 min
Jul 27, 8:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	30 min
Jul 27, 8:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	31 min
Jul 27, 9:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	29 min
Jul 27, 10:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Newton, Rockdale	29 min
Jul 27, 10:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Newton	34 min
Jul 27, 10:47 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale	99 min
Jul 27, 10:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	27 min
Jul 27, 1:37 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	FFC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 84 more	30 hr
Jul 27, 2:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	37 min
Jul 27, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	32 min
Jul 27, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock	35 min
Jul 27, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Ben Hill	30 min
Jul 27, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	35 min
Jul 27, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb	35 min
Jul 27, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	31 min
Jul 27, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	30 min
Jul 27, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Newton	24 min
Jul 27, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Henry, Newton, Rockdale	29 min
Jul 27, 6:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Fulton	27 min
Jul 27, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery	24 min
Jul 27, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Newton	28 min
Jul 27, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Henry, Spalding	24 min
Jul 27, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	38 min
Jul 27, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	29 min
Jul 27, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery	28 min
Jul 27, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson, Treutlen	30 min
Jul 27, 7:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Spalding	27 min
Jul 27, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler	30 min
Jul 27, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	31 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.