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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 26, 2021, 4:06 AM EDT for Madison County, Georgia. It was in force for 9 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 26, 2021, 4:06 AM EDT (08:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2021, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Madison County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS82 KFFC 260806
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
406 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
GAZ027-038-260815-
Madison GA-Oglethorpe GA-
406 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MADISON AND NORTHERN
OGLETHORPE COUNTIES UNTIL 415 AM EDT...
At 406 AM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Comer, or 7 miles
southeast of Danielsville...moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 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
Danielsville, Comer, Carlton, Smithonia, Watson Mill Bridge State
Park, Point Peter and Paoli.
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 3396 8318 3414 8322 3417 8310 3415 8306
3411 8305 3411 8303 3410 8304 3408 8300
3404 8299 3403 8295 3403 8293 3402 8294
3401 8294 3401 8291 3400 8291 3399 8287
TIME...MOT...LOC 0806Z 257DEG 49KT 3407 8311
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding, Polk | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 8:40 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 9 hr |
| Mar 25, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 8:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 9 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 6 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:11 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 8 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:18 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 6 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 9:42 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 4 days |
| Mar 25, 9:42 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 5 days |
| Mar 25, 9:42 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 59 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 27 min |
| Mar 25, 9:54 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray | 16 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:59 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Towns | 7 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 10:03 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 10 days |
| Mar 25, 10:15 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 10:34 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Union | 21 days |
| Mar 25, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Walker, Whitfield | 24 min |
| Mar 25, 10:38 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Union | 9 hr |
| Mar 25, 11:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Heard | 47 min |
| Mar 25, 11:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 34 hr |
| Mar 25, 11:36 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 9 days |
| Mar 25, 11:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 35 min |
| Mar 25, 11:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 11:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 16 min |
| Mar 25, 11:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 25 min |
| Mar 26, 12:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton | 35 min |
| Mar 26, 12:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta | 9 min |
| Mar 26, 12:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 12:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Towns | 21 days |
| Mar 26, 1:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 26 min |
| Mar 26, 1:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin, White | 5 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:14 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 39 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:25 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 32 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 2:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 29 min |
| Mar 26, 2:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 8 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow | 7 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 2:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson, Madison | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 2:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 2:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 32 min |
| Mar 26, 3:09 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | White | 2 hr |
| Mar 26, 4:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 15 hr |
| Mar 26, 5:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 21 days |
| Mar 26, 5:42 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 3 hr |
| Mar 26, 5:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 32 min |
| Mar 26, 6:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 8 min |
| Mar 26, 6:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 7:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Putnam, Taliaferro | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 8:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 25 hr |
| Mar 26, 8:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 19 hr |
| Mar 26, 8:36 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 5 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Washington | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 10:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 23 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 37 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:45 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 13 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 40 min |
| Mar 26, 11:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Crawford, Marion, Talbot, Taylor | 51 min |
| Mar 26, 11:18 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 16 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 44 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson | 10 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson | 9 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Macon, Marion, Peach, Taylor | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 12:01 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 38 hr |
| Mar 26, 12:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Bleckley, Houston, Macon, Peach, Twiggs and 1 more | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 35 min |
| Mar 26, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 43 min |
| Mar 26, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 21 min |
| Mar 26, 4:31 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 14 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.