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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 24, 2021Forsyth County, Hall County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 24, 2021, 5:57 PM EDT for Forsyth County, Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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
Apr 24, 2021, 5:57 PM EDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2021, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

Counties Forsyth County, GA, Hall County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2021-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 309 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
309 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
449 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

802 
WWUS82 KFFC 242157
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
557 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021
 
GAZ022-023-033-034-242245-
Hall GA-North Fulton GA-Forsyth GA-Gwinnett GA-
557 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN HALL...NORTH FULTON...
FORSYTH AND NORTHERN GWINNETT COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

At 557 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Johns Creek, or 13
miles southwest of Cumming...moving northeast at 50 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
Gainesville, Cumming, Sandy Springs, Roswell, Johns Creek,
Alpharetta, Duluth, Sugar Hill, Suwanee, Buford, Flowery Branch,
Oakwood, Berkeley Lake, Gillsville, Rest Haven, Candler, Buford
Dam-Lake Lanier Parks, Coal Mountain, Brookwood and Road
Atlanta-Lanier Speedway.

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 3429 8363 3414 8381 3404 8398 3394 8427
      3396 8427 3397 8432 3405 8438 3433 8408
      3433 8366
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 237DEG 43KT 3403 8424 

HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 8:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart33 min
Apr 24, 10:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox26 min
Apr 24, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta24 min
Apr 24, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll25 min
Apr 24, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, DeKalb34 min
Apr 24, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale and 1 more51 min
Apr 24, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas34 min
Apr 24, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard23 min
Apr 24, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Troup43 min
Apr 24, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton24 min
Apr 24, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Douglas35 min
Apr 24, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Putnam34 min
Apr 24, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard33 min
Apr 24, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Jackson52 min
Apr 24, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Spalding, Troup26 min
Apr 24, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison33 min
Apr 24, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth31 min
Apr 24, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd26 min
Apr 24, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Forsyth, Fulton40 min
Apr 24, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot28 min
Apr 24, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson25 min
Apr 24, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga24 min
Apr 24, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk46 min
Apr 24, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin, White38 min
Apr 24, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson, Paulding52 min
Apr 24, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cobb, Haralson, Paulding, Polk50 min
Apr 24, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard35 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.