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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 28, 2021Jasper County, Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 28, 2021, 1:13 PM EDT for Jasper County, Putnam 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 28, 2021, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2021, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
40

Counties Jasper County, GA, Putnam County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:16 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 2021-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 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 12:00Z on 2021-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 269 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1016 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
269 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
293 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

271 
WWUS82 KFFC 281713
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
113 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021
 
GAZ049>051-059-060-281745-
Taliaferro GA-Morgan GA-Putnam GA-Jasper GA-Greene GA-
113 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN TALIAFERRO...SOUTHEASTERN
MORGAN...PUTNAM...JASPER AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 145
PM EDT...

At 113 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Shady Dale to near McElheneys Crossroads...and
moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph 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
Eatonton, Monticello, White Plains, Siloam, Shady Dale, Phoenix,
Reynolds at Lake Oconee, Liberty, Veazey, Harmony, Godfrey, Resseaus
Crossroads, Warfield, Willard, Rockville, Rock Eagle 4-H Center,
Central Georgia Experiment Stn, Plant Harlee Branch, Calvin and Parks
Mill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Motorists should
slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3345 8303 3336 8316 3334 8314 3331 8315
      3328 8323 3326 8323 3326 8325 3319 8328
      3317 8333 3318 8346 3314 8376 3315 8382
      3318 8382 3319 8381 3321 8383 3325 8381
      3328 8383 3348 8360 3359 8293
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 261DEG 44KT 3344 8359 3324 8383 

WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 8:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes15 min
Mar 28, 5:33 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGordon21 days
Mar 28, 6:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade31 min
Mar 28, 6:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade, Walker30 min
Mar 28, 7:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield41 min
Mar 28, 7:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd, Walker25 min
Mar 28, 8:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Murray, Union, Whitfield39 min
Mar 28, 8:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Gordon33 min
Mar 28, 8:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens34 min
Mar 28, 9:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Gordon40 min
Mar 28, 9:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Gilmer34 min
Mar 28, 9:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Polk31 min
Mar 28, 9:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Towns, Union28 min
Mar 28, 9:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Pickens30 min
Mar 28, 9:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns34 min
Mar 28, 9:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Cherokee, Paulding, Polk24 min
Mar 28, 10:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Forsyth, Paulding25 min
Mar 28, 10:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth, Hall32 min
Mar 28, 11:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Jackson, Madison and 1 more29 min
Mar 28, 11:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup37 min
Mar 28, 11:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta30 min
Mar 28, 12:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding36 min
Mar 28, 12:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Troup28 min
Mar 28, 12:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Fayette, Henry, Lamar, Pike, Spalding23 min
Mar 28, 12:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Spalding30 min
Mar 28, 12:50 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade7 hr
Mar 28, 12:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Pike, Upson25 min
Mar 28, 12:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup36 min
Mar 28, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Monroe31 min
Mar 28, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones36 min
Mar 28, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Stewart34 min
Mar 28, 1:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Putnam, Taliaferro33 min
Mar 28, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Taylor26 min
Mar 28, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Peach, Schley, Taylor33 min
Mar 28, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Dodge, Houston, Laurens and 5 more52 min
Mar 28, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson28 min
Mar 28, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington35 min
Mar 28, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens24 min
Mar 28, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen, Washington49 min
Mar 28, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs12 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.