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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 31, 20214 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2021, 5:35 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 25 min. 6 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 31, 2021, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
40

Counties Bleckley County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 31, 5:38 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Sse Tuckers Crossroad, GAPOWERLINES REPORTED DOWN AT THE 1100 BLOCK OF NORTH LAKE DR.
Mar 31, 5:41 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ene Yonkers, GATHREE TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 257 NEAR NICHOLSON CARR ROAD BETWEEN RODDY AND CHESTER.
Mar 31, 5:47 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ssw East Dublin, GALARGE TREE REPORTED DOWN AND BLOCKING THE ROAD AT REX MILLER RD AND BOBBIE ST.
Mar 31, 5:48 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wsw Dublin, GATREE REPORTED DOWN AT THE 600 BLOCK OF BELLEVUE AVE.
Mar 31, 5:48 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGEast Dublin, GAPOWERLINES REPORTED DOWN ON PEARL ST IN EAST DUBLIN.
Mar 31, 5:51 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Cadwell, GATREE REPORTED DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 338 AND WHITTLE RD.

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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2021-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 111 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2021-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 205 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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.

281 
WWUS82 KFFC 312135
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
535 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021
 
GAZ074-083>085-096-097-105>109-312200-
Wilkinson GA-Crisp GA-Dooly GA-Washington GA-Johnson GA-Wilcox GA-
Laurens GA-Bleckley GA-Dodge GA-Twiggs GA-Pulaski GA-
535 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILKINSON...
NORTHEASTERN CRISP...SOUTHEASTERN DOOLY...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON...
NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON...NORTHERN WILCOX...WESTERN LAURENS...
BLECKLEY...DODGE...SOUTHEASTERN TWIGGS AND PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 600
PM EDT...

At 535 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from Toomsboro to near Royal to near Tippettville...and
moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...frequent cloud to ground lightning 
           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
Dublin, Cochran, Eastman, Hawkinsville, Abbeville, Wrightsville, East
Dublin, Chester, Dexter, Dudley, Cadwell, Pineview, Toomsboro, Rhine,
Rentz, Danville, Montrose, Allentown, Union and Spann.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3278 8263 3243 8294 3192 8320 3200 8371
      3248 8344 3283 8306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 273DEG 35KT 3281 8305 3248 8340 3207 8363 

WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 7:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker41 min
Mar 31, 7:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker5 hr
Mar 31, 8:16 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBartow, Chattooga, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon and 7 more6 hr
Mar 31, 8:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding26 min
Mar 31, 9:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade29 hr
Mar 31, 9:08 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhitfield5 hr
Mar 31, 9:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton36 min
Mar 31, 9:15 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCChattooga27 hr
Mar 31, 9:15 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd45 hr
Mar 31, 9:15 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGordon, Murray, Whitfield4 days
Mar 31, 9:15 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd, Gordon4 days
Mar 31, 9:23 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCatoosa49 hr
Mar 31, 9:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett37 min
Mar 31, 9:44 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhitfield71 hr
Mar 31, 9:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas, Fulton22 min
Mar 31, 9:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield44 hr
Mar 31, 11:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson, Paulding34 min
Mar 31, 11:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Cobb, Douglas32 min
Mar 31, 1:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette33 min
Mar 31, 1:31 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb21 days
Mar 31, 2:00 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCatoosa19 hr
Mar 31, 2:21 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton21 hr
Mar 31, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe30 min
Mar 31, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene27 min
Mar 31, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Stewart31 min
Mar 31, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes31 min
Mar 31, 4:22 PM EDTFreeze WatchFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 44 more11 hr
Mar 31, 4:22 PM EDTWind AdvisoryFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll and 64 more27 hr
Mar 31, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs, Wilkinson37 min
Mar 31, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Washington37 min
Mar 31, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens31 min
Mar 31, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Treutlen, Wheeler25 min
Mar 31, 6:22 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCMurray7 hr
Mar 31, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler30 min
Mar 31, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs30 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.