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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 3, 2021Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 3, 2021, 6:18 PM EDT for Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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
May 3, 2021, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2021, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
50

County Polk County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2021-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 674 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 2021-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

681 
WWUS82 KFFC 032218
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
618 PM EDT Mon May 3 2021
 
GAZ019-020-030-031-032245-
Polk GA-Bartow GA-Paulding GA-Floyd GA-
618 PM EDT Mon May 3 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR POLK...SOUTHWESTERN BARTOW...
NORTHERN PAULDING AND SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

At 618 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Esom Hill, or 9 miles
southwest of Cedartown...moving northeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...up to penny sized hail...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 this storm include
Rome, Cartersville, Cedartown, Rockmart, Euharlee, Aragon, Cave
Spring, Kingston, Braswell, Taylorsville, Fish Creek, Burnt Hickory
Ridge, Etna, Lindale, Esom Hill, Antioch, Van Wert, Seney and
Stilesboro.

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 3432 8497 3400 8476 3390 8517 3391 8521
      3390 8522 3390 8538 3407 8542
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 246DEG 48KT 3396 8540 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...50MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 8:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll25 min
May 3, 9:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel34 min
May 3, 9:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll32 min
May 3, 9:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas29 min
May 3, 10:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton31 min
May 3, 10:21 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton24 min
May 3, 10:44 AM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFFCDeKalb, Fulton31 min
May 3, 11:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Troup50 min
May 3, 11:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett32 min
May 3, 11:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton32 min
May 3, 11:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale37 min
May 3, 11:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton37 min
May 3, 11:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding, Polk32 min
May 3, 12:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Pike42 min
May 3, 12:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Clarke, Jackson23 min
May 3, 12:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth and 5 more8 hr
May 3, 12:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow27 min
May 3, 12:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe24 min
May 3, 12:42 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCClarke, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe33 min
May 3, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb29 min
May 3, 12:48 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJackson, Madison27 min
May 3, 12:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Spalding36 min
May 3, 1:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Spalding42 min
May 3, 1:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke24 min
May 3, 1:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Madison, Oglethorpe28 min
May 3, 1:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison11 min
May 3, 1:26 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCButts, Jasper34 min
May 3, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison, Oglethorpe33 min
May 3, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam34 min
May 3, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Talbot45 min
May 3, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin43 min
May 3, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Muscogee35 min
May 3, 3:01 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb7 hr
May 3, 3:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton67 hr
May 3, 3:03 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCPolk11 hr
May 3, 3:06 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb7 hr
May 3, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Washington39 min
May 3, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson31 min
May 3, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion29 min
May 3, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe34 min
May 3, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington34 min
May 3, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes13 min
May 3, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson24 min
May 3, 4:21 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale66 hr
May 3, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee, Walton29 min
May 3, 4:34 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb6 hr
May 3, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington23 min
May 3, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta37 min
May 3, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson46 min
May 3, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington29 min
May 3, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton24 min
May 3, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Washington, Wilkinson24 min
May 3, 5:29 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett7 hr
May 3, 5:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll and 63 more32 hr
May 3, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding, Polk29 min
May 3, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington44 min
May 3, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes24 min
May 3, 6:41 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton3 hr
May 3, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Treutlen25 min
May 3, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens33 min
May 3, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel27 min
May 3, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup36 min
May 3, 7:45 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCPolk4 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.