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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 26, 2021Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jan 26, 2021, 1:19 AM EST for Polk 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: Jan 26, 2021, 1:19 AM EST (06:19 UTC)
Expired: Jan 26, 2021, 1:45 AM EST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

County Polk County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 92 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1306 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 323 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

078 
WWUS82 KFFC 260619
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
119 AM EST Tue Jan 26 2021
 
GAZ030-041-260645-
Polk GA-Haralson GA-
119 AM EST Tue Jan 26 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR POLK AND NORTHERN HARALSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM EST...

At 118 AM EST...National Weather Service Meteorologists indicated a 
strong thunderstorm west of Esom Hill...moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...pea sized hail...frequent cloud to 
           ground lightning and increased chance of a brief tornado.

  IMPACT...While winds should result in minor damage to tree limbs 
           and blowing around of light...unsecured objects...this 
           storm has also exhibited localized rotation. A brief 
           tornado could quickly form.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Cedartown, Rockmart, Aragon, Braswell, Fish Creek, Etna, Felton,
Eubank Lake, Esom Hill, Antioch and Van Wert.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.

LAT...LON 3408 8526 3410 8526 3410 8516 3408 8515
      3408 8512 3410 8512 3410 8505 3408 8505
      3408 8498 3401 8495 3395 8498 3395 8505
      3390 8505 3390 8504 3388 8504 3383 8505
      3382 8537 3408 8542
TIME...MOT...LOC 0618Z 260DEG 43KT 3394 8550 

HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...50MPH

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 25, 8:17 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Walker	28 min
Jan 25, 10:36 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	24 min
Jan 25, 10:59 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	31 min
Jan 26, 1:45 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	30 min
Jan 26, 2:07 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding	38 min
Jan 26, 2:15 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding	15 min
Jan 26, 2:32 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Forsyth	28 min
Jan 26, 2:56 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	34 min
Jan 26, 3:14 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	61 min
Jan 26, 3:37 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Paulding	53 min
Jan 26, 5:09 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	36 min
Jan 26, 5:31 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	44 min
Jan 26, 5:34 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	41 min
Jan 26, 6:04 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry, Spalding	41 min
Jan 26, 6:06 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether, Pike	39 min
Jan 26, 6:09 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fayette, Spalding	33 min
Jan 26, 6:28 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton, Spalding	32 min
Jan 26, 8:14 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	5 hr
Jan 26, 11:18 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	27 min
Jan 26, 12:01 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	29 min
Jan 26, 12:50 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton	24 hr
Jan 26, 1:15 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson	45 min

Nearby

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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.