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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 3, 2021, 9:46 AM EDT for Douglas County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min. 3 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
- May 3, 2021, 9:46 AM EDT (13:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2021, 10:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
County Douglas County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 10:02 AM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Ene Bill Arp, GA | **PRELIMINARY REPORT** POSSIBLE TORNADO OCCURED JUST EAST OF THE BILL ARP COMMUNITY. SOME REPORTS OF TREES DOWN ALONG KINGS HWY IN THIS AREA. |
| May 3, 10:22 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Douglasville, GA | *** 1 FATAL *** STRONG WINDS IN DOUGLASVILLE BROUGHT DOWN A TREE ON TOP OF A VEHICLE NEAR CAMPBELTON AND SPRING ST. |
| May 3, 10:22 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Douglasville, GA | STRONG WINDS IN DOUGLASVILLE BROUGHT DOWN A TREE ON TOP OF A VEHICLE. |
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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 48 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 674 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted.
473
WWUS82 KFFC 031346
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
946 AM EDT Mon May 3 2021
GAZ031-032-042>044-031415-
Douglas GA-Cobb GA-Carroll GA-Paulding GA-South Fulton GA-
946 AM EDT Mon May 3 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DOUGLAS...SOUTHWESTERN COBB...
NORTHEASTERN CARROLL...SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING AND NORTHWESTERN SOUTH
FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 AM EDT...
At 946 AM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Treasure Lake, or near
Carrollton...moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 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
Douglasville, Carrollton, Villa Rica, Powder Springs, Austell, Lithia
Springs, Hannah, Brownsville, Chapel Hill, Bill Arp, Fairplay,
Abilene, Winston, Lake Val-Do-Mar, Treasure Lake and Campbellton.
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 3355 8503 3367 8507 3390 8467 3362 8461
TIME...MOT...LOC 1346Z 254DEG 31KT 3360 8498
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...50MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 8:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 25 min |
| May 3, 9:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 34 min |
| May 3, 9:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 32 min |
| May 3, 10:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 31 min |
| May 3, 10:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 24 min |
| May 3, 10:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 31 min |
| May 3, 11:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 50 min |
| May 3, 11:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 32 min |
| May 3, 11:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 32 min |
| May 3, 11:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale | 37 min |
| May 3, 11:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton | 37 min |
| May 3, 11:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding, Polk | 32 min |
| May 3, 12:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 42 min |
| May 3, 12:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson | 23 min |
| May 3, 12:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth and 5 more | 8 hr |
| May 3, 12:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 27 min |
| May 3, 12:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe | 24 min |
| May 3, 12:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe | 33 min |
| May 3, 12:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 29 min |
| May 3, 12:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jackson, Madison | 27 min |
| May 3, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Spalding | 36 min |
| May 3, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Spalding | 42 min |
| May 3, 1:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 24 min |
| May 3, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe | 28 min |
| May 3, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 11 min |
| May 3, 1:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 34 min |
| May 3, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison, Oglethorpe | 33 min |
| May 3, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam | 34 min |
| May 3, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Talbot | 45 min |
| May 3, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 43 min |
| May 3, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 35 min |
| May 3, 3:01 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 7 hr |
| May 3, 3:02 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 67 hr |
| May 3, 3:03 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 11 hr |
| May 3, 3:06 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 7 hr |
| May 3, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Washington | 39 min |
| May 3, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 31 min |
| May 3, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 29 min |
| May 3, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 34 min |
| May 3, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 34 min |
| May 3, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 13 min |
| May 3, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 24 min |
| May 3, 4:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 66 hr |
| May 3, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Walton | 29 min |
| May 3, 4:34 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 6 hr |
| May 3, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 23 min |
| May 3, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 37 min |
| May 3, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 46 min |
| May 3, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington | 29 min |
| May 3, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 24 min |
| May 3, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 24 min |
| May 3, 5:29 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 7 hr |
| May 3, 5:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll and 63 more | 32 hr |
| May 3, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding, Polk | 29 min |
| May 3, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 44 min |
| May 3, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 24 min |
| May 3, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 27 min |
| May 3, 6:41 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 3 hr |
| May 3, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 25 min |
| May 3, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 33 min |
| May 3, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 27 min |
| May 3, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 36 min |
| May 3, 7:45 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 4 hr |
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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.