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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2026, 1:13 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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
- Aug 11, 2026, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Chattooga County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:16 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 2580 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 854 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 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 Aug 11, 6:33 AM EDT, 6 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 6:33 AM EDT, 6 hours 40 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 435 AM EDT Tue Aug 11 2026 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-120845- 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- 435 AM EDT Tue Aug 11 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north and central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening across mainly north Georgia. Isolated severe storms can also be expected. Primary threats will be strong gusty winds, small hail, frequent lightning strikes, and periods of heavy rainfall capable of producing some isolated flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday... Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected each afternoon through the week. Locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds will be primary storm threats. Some storms on Wednesday could become severe with the primary threat being damaging wind gusts. .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. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and CDC guidelines.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 11, 9:21 AM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 45 min |
| Aug 11, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 4:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Fulton | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wilcox | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee, Talbot | 23 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.