Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 25, 2021, 12:02 PM EDT for Floyd County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2021, 12:02 PM EDT (16:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2021, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
Counties Floyd County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 12:35 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 S Cedartown, GA | QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY NEAR CEDARTOWN GA. |
| Mar 25, 12:36 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Cedartown, GA | SEVERAL TREES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE DOWNED ON KNIGHT WAY. |
| Mar 25, 12:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Antioch, GA | RECIEVED REPORTS OF MULTIPLE TREES DOWN NEAR YOUNGS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 397 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 647 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
502
WWUS82 KFFC 251602
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1202 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
GAZ011-012-019-020-030-251630-
Chattooga GA-Polk GA-Gordon GA-Bartow GA-Floyd GA-
1202 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHATTOOGA...WESTERN
POLK...SOUTHWESTERN GORDON...NORTHWESTERN BARTOW AND FLOYD COUNTIES
UNTIL 1230 PM EDT...
At 1201 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from Holland to near Knightens Crossroads...and moving east
at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...frequent cloud to ground lightning
and heavy rain.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.
Some locations in the path of these storms include
Rome, Calhoun, Cedartown, Adairsville, Cave Spring, Plainville,
Shannon, Lyerly, Pinson, Etna, Lindale, Esom Hill, Armuchee, Seney,
Coosa, Chattoogaville and Holland.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3442 8542 3444 8485 3390 8522 3390 8536
3391 8539 3434 8547
TIME...MOT...LOC 1601Z 274DEG 36KT 3436 8540 3392 8570
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 6:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 14 min |
| Mar 25, 6:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 37 min |
| Mar 25, 6:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Troup | 37 min |
| Mar 25, 10:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 53 min |
| Mar 25, 11:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 11:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 10 hr |
| Mar 25, 12:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 30 min |
| Mar 25, 12:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 31 hr |
| Mar 25, 12:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 24 min |
| Mar 25, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cobb, Floyd, Paulding, Polk | 49 min |
| Mar 25, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton | 26 min |
| Mar 25, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 36 min |
| Mar 25, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and 2 more | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Polk | 42 min |
| Mar 25, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall | 47 min |
| Mar 25, 2:42 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 43 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Polk | 27 min |
| Mar 25, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson, Madison | 11 min |
| Mar 25, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding, Polk | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 3:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Polk | 13 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 37 min |
| Mar 25, 4:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 57 min |
| Mar 25, 4:49 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 35 hr |
| Mar 25, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 46 min |
| Mar 25, 5:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Towns, Union, Whitfield | 10 hr |
| Mar 25, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 34 min |
| Mar 25, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 35 min |
| Mar 25, 7:37 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 4 days |
| Mar 25, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Fulton, Paulding | 45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.