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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 25, 2021Banks County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 25, 2021, 10:28 PM EDT for Banks County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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, 10:28 PM EDT (02:28 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
50

County Banks County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 344 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2021-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 328 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
344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1291 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
328 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
476 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
6.8

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The text

As transmitted.

332 
WWUS82 KFFC 260228
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1028 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
 
GAZ023-024-260300-
Hall GA-Banks GA-
1028 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN HALL AND BANKS
COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...

At 1028 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Gainesville...moving
east at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...up to penny 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
Gainesville, Homer, Oakwood, Lula, Gillsville, Pinefield Crossroads
and Hollingsworth.

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 3448 8346 3446 8340 3442 8338 3432 8339
      3431 8338 3427 8359 3429 8362 3426 8366
      3422 8388 3429 8377 3443 8382 3449 8366
      3443 8361 3449 8354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 253DEG 51KT 3435 8382 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...50MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding, Polk28 min
Mar 25, 8:40 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGilmer9 hr
Mar 25, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Haralson, Paulding, Polk41 min
Mar 25, 8:53 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGilmer9 hr
Mar 25, 9:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens6 hr
Mar 25, 9:11 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGilmer, Pickens8 hr
Mar 25, 9:18 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd6 hr
Mar 25, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton38 min
Mar 25, 9:42 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGordon, Murray, Whitfield4 days
Mar 25, 9:42 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd, Gordon5 days
Mar 25, 9:42 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd59 hr
Mar 25, 9:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks27 min
Mar 25, 9:54 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCMurray16 hr
Mar 25, 9:59 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCTowns7 hr
Mar 25, 10:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth, Hall28 min
Mar 25, 10:03 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGordon10 days
Mar 25, 10:15 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGilmer3 hr
Mar 25, 10:34 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCUnion21 days
Mar 25, 10:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Walker, Whitfield24 min
Mar 25, 10:38 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCUnion9 hr
Mar 25, 11:13 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFFCHeard47 min
Mar 25, 11:28 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton34 hr
Mar 25, 11:36 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd9 days
Mar 25, 11:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow35 min
Mar 25, 11:43 PM EDTTornado Warning EmergencyFFCCoweta, Heard32 min
Mar 25, 11:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray16 min
Mar 25, 11:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee25 min
Mar 26, 12:10 AM EDTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threatFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton35 min
Mar 26, 12:14 AM EDTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threatFFCCoweta9 min
Mar 26, 12:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens31 min
Mar 26, 12:57 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCTowns21 days
Mar 26, 1:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton26 min
Mar 26, 1:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDawson, Lumpkin, White5 hr
Mar 26, 1:14 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield39 hr
Mar 26, 1:25 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd32 hr
Mar 26, 1:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll30 min
Mar 26, 2:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow29 min
Mar 26, 2:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth8 hr
Mar 26, 2:17 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCBartow7 hr
Mar 26, 2:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Fulton37 min
Mar 26, 2:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson, Madison34 min
Mar 26, 2:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett37 min
Mar 26, 2:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton32 min
Mar 26, 3:09 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhite2 hr
Mar 26, 4:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison9 min
Mar 26, 4:33 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCatoosa15 hr
Mar 26, 5:17 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGilmer, Pickens21 days
Mar 26, 5:42 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGilmer3 hr
Mar 26, 5:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding32 min
Mar 26, 6:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes8 min
Mar 26, 6:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Jasper34 min
Mar 26, 7:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Putnam, Taliaferro37 min
Mar 26, 8:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCherokee25 hr
Mar 26, 8:16 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGordon19 hr
Mar 26, 8:36 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd5 hr
Mar 26, 10:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Washington39 min
Mar 26, 10:24 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd23 hr
Mar 26, 10:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGordon37 hr
Mar 26, 10:45 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth13 hr
Mar 26, 11:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Jefferson40 min
Mar 26, 11:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Crawford, Marion, Talbot, Taylor51 min
Mar 26, 11:18 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCherokee16 hr
Mar 26, 11:23 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGordon44 hr
Mar 26, 11:23 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDawson10 hr
Mar 26, 11:48 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDawson9 hr
Mar 26, 11:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford, Macon, Marion, Peach, Taylor37 min
Mar 26, 12:01 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd38 hr
Mar 26, 12:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Bleckley, Houston, Macon, Peach, Twiggs and 1 more47 min
Mar 26, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Houston, Twiggs, Wilkinson31 min
Mar 26, 1:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Taliaferro35 min
Mar 26, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Taliaferro, Wilkes43 min
Mar 26, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes21 min
Mar 26, 4:31 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth14 hr

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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.