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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 28, 2021Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 28, 2021, 4:06 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 min. 2 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 28, 2021, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
50

County Laurens County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 28, 4:09 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGDudley, GAPOWER LINE DOWN ON 2ND STREET
Mar 28, 4:11 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nw Dexter, GASHINGLES BLOWN OFF A ROOF AT THE INTERSECTION OF SMITH DRIVE AND LAKE VIEW DRIVE.

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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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.

729 
WWUS82 KFFC 282006
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
406 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021
 
GAZ097-282030-
Laurens GA-
406 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAURENS COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM
EDT...

At 405 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Dexter, or 9 miles
southwest of Dublin...moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Winds 40 to 50 mph.

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

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Dublin, East Dublin, Dexter, Dudley, Rentz, Harlow, Rockledge, Lowery
and Minter.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.

LAT...LON 3244 8269 3243 8270 3242 8270 3236 8275
      3235 8287 3240 8313 3255 8308 3254 8281
      3246 8269
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 273DEG 27KT 3246 8303 

WIND...50MPH

$$

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, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Putnam32 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, 4:11 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.