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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 31, 2021Wilkes County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2021, 3:59 PM EDT for Wilkes County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 31, 2021, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

County Wilkes County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 205 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 296 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

830 
WWUS82 KFFC 311959
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
359 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021
 
GAZ039-051-062-312030-
Taliaferro GA-Wilkes GA-Warren GA-
359 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN TALIAFERRO...SOUTHERN
WILKES AND NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT...

At 359 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Lundberg, or near
Washington...moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...40 mph wind 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 this storm include
Washington, Sharon, Aonia, Ficklin, Lundberg, Rocky Creek Fire Dept.,
Celeste, Raytown, Sandy Cross, Metasville, Floral Hill and Holliday
Park.

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 3366 8251 3364 8254 3364 8257 3365 8258
      3363 8258 3364 8259 3363 8261 3363 8262
      3362 8262 3361 8265 3355 8263 3356 8283
      3378 8288 3388 8261 3386 8260 3387 8258
      3386 8257 3383 8260 3364 8248
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 261DEG 31KT 3367 8276 

WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 7:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker	41 min
Mar 31, 7:46 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker	5 hr
Mar 31, 8:16 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Bartow, Chattooga, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon and 7 more	6 hr
Mar 31, 8:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	26 min
Mar 31, 9:07 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dade	29 hr
Mar 31, 9:08 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Whitfield	5 hr
Mar 31, 9:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Douglas, Fulton	36 min
Mar 31, 9:15 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Chattooga	27 hr
Mar 31, 9:15 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd	45 hr
Mar 31, 9:15 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gordon, Murray, Whitfield	4 days
Mar 31, 9:15 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd, Gordon	4 days
Mar 31, 9:23 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Catoosa	49 hr
Mar 31, 9:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	37 min
Mar 31, 9:44 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Whitfield	71 hr
Mar 31, 9:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas, Fulton	22 min
Mar 31, 9:54 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	44 hr
Mar 31, 11:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson, Paulding	34 min
Mar 31, 11:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Cobb, Douglas	32 min
Mar 31, 1:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	33 min
Mar 31, 1:31 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb	21 days
Mar 31, 2:00 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Catoosa	19 hr
Mar 31, 2:21 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton	21 hr
Mar 31, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	30 min
Mar 31, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	27 min
Mar 31, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart	31 min
Mar 31, 4:22 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 44 more	11 hr
Mar 31, 4:22 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll and 64 more	27 hr
Mar 31, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs, Wilkinson	37 min
Mar 31, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Washington	37 min
Mar 31, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox	25 min
Mar 31, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens	31 min
Mar 31, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Treutlen, Wheeler	25 min
Mar 31, 6:22 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Murray	7 hr
Mar 31, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler	30 min
Mar 31, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs	30 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.