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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 25, 2021Whitfield County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 25, 2021, 6:41 PM EDT for Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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
Mar 25, 2021, 6:41 PM EDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2021, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
50

County Whitfield County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 397 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

005 
WWUS82 KFFC 252241
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
641 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
 
GAZ002>005-011-012-252315-
Chattooga GA-Whitfield GA-Catoosa GA-Walker GA-Gordon GA-Murray GA-
641 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CHATTOOGA...
WHITFIELD...SOUTHEASTERN CATOOSA...SOUTHEASTERN WALKER...NORTHWESTERN
GORDON AND WESTERN MURRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

At 640 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Naomi, or near
Lafayette...moving northeast at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...pea sized hail and frequent cloud to 
           ground lightning.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of 
           light...unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Dalton, Lafayette, Chatsworth, Varnell, Eton, Tunnel Hill, Resaca,
Naomi, Sumac, Subligna, Suttles Mill, Rocky Face, Tilton, Mill Creek,
Beaverdale, Dawnville, Villanow, Nickelsville and North Georgia
Speedway.

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 3496 8488 3483 8474 3462 8474 3457 8506
      3459 8507 3459 8511 3456 8512 3453 8528
      3469 8532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 239DEG 45KT 3466 8521 

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 6:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris14 min
Mar 25, 6:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris37 min
Mar 25, 6:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Pike, Troup37 min
Mar 25, 10:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield53 min
Mar 25, 11:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon, Murray, Whitfield41 min
Mar 25, 11:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield10 hr
Mar 25, 12:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Gilmer, Murray30 min
Mar 25, 12:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd, Polk28 min
Mar 25, 12:17 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade31 hr
Mar 25, 12:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Haralson, Polk24 min
Mar 25, 12:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cobb, Floyd, Paulding, Polk49 min
Mar 25, 1:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton26 min
Mar 25, 1:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns, Union36 min
Mar 25, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and 2 more45 min
Mar 25, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Polk42 min
Mar 25, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Hall47 min
Mar 25, 2:42 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCatoosa43 hr
Mar 25, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Polk27 min
Mar 25, 2:50 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBanks, Jackson, Madison11 min
Mar 25, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding, Polk38 min
Mar 25, 3:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Polk13 hr
Mar 25, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Forsyth37 min
Mar 25, 4:18 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFFCFloyd, Polk57 min
Mar 25, 4:49 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCChattooga35 hr
Mar 25, 4:59 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBartow, Floyd46 min
Mar 25, 5:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Murray, Towns, Union, Whitfield10 hr
Mar 25, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Pickens38 min
Mar 25, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow35 min
Mar 25, 7:37 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhitfield4 days
Mar 25, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Fulton, Paulding45 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.