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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 4, 2021Haralson County, Paulding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 4, 2021, 1:13 PM EDT for Haralson County, Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 4, 2021, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2021, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

Counties Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
May 4, 1:23 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sw Hiram, GATREE BLOCKING THE ROADWAY AT NEW HARMONY CHURCH ROAD AND HIRAM SUDIE ROAD.
May 4, 1:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGDallas, GATRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED SEVERE WIND GUSTS WITH A COUPLE DOWNED TREES AND TREE LIMBS NEAR MERCHANTS DR AND E. MEMORIAL DRIVE IN DALLAS.
May 4, 1:28 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sse Dallas, GAEMERGENCY MANAGMENT REPORTING A COUPLE OF TREES DOWNED ON DAVIS MILL RD NEAR RENFROE RD AND MUSTANG DR. OTHER POWERLINES AND ROAD HAZARDS ALSO REPORTED AROUND THE DALLAS AREA.

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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 2021-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 590 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 2021-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
590 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
753 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

As transmitted.

845 
WWUS82 KFFC 041713
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
113 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021
 
GAZ030-031-041>043-041745-
Polk GA-Douglas GA-Haralson GA-Carroll GA-Paulding GA-
113 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN POLK...NORTHWESTERN
DOUGLAS...HARALSON...NORTHERN CARROLL AND PAULDING COUNTIES UNTIL 145
PM EDT...

At 112 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Waco, or near
Buchanan...moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph...pea sized hail...frequent 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
Douglasville, Dallas, Buchanan, Villa Rica, Bremen, Temple, Hiram,
Tallapoosa, Mount Zion, Waco, Braswell, Yorkville, Eubank Lake,
Bowdon Junction, Brownsville, Draketown, Winston, Lake Val-Do-Mar,
New Georgia and Abilene.

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.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect. Continue to monitor
NOAA Weather Radio...weather.gov or orther media outlets for further
statements or possible warnings on these storms.

LAT...LON 3399 8502 3400 8483 3375 8471 3357 8532
      3375 8536
TIME...MOT...LOC 1712Z 239DEG 40KT 3373 8521 

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 8:01 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett, Walton2 hr
May 3, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris36 min
May 3, 8:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot30 min
May 3, 9:14 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Rockdale48 hr
May 3, 9:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel22 min
May 3, 9:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Heard12 hr
May 3, 9:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb, Douglas12 hr
May 3, 9:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Oconee37 hr
May 3, 9:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb, Fulton3 hr
May 3, 11:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee67 min
May 4, 12:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Treutlen27 min
May 4, 1:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs28 min
May 4, 1:36 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale9 hr
May 4, 4:34 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett5 hr
May 4, 10:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker48 min
May 4, 11:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker29 min
May 4, 11:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker, Whitfield25 min
May 4, 11:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield35 min
May 4, 11:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga42 min
May 4, 11:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin33 min
May 4, 12:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Floyd, Gordon57 min
May 4, 12:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Polk31 min
May 4, 12:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens40 min
May 4, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding, Polk31 min
May 4, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding32 min
May 4, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Hall, White28 min
May 4, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth, Gwinnett27 min
May 4, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall38 min
May 4, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Carroll, Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk44 min
May 4, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Rockdale, Walton25 min
May 4, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks35 min
May 4, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow19 min
May 4, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Newton, Oconee and 2 more34 min
May 4, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton and 3 more48 min
May 4, 3:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBarrow, Carroll, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton and 6 more7 hr
May 4, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan26 min
May 4, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard25 min
May 4, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Fayette32 min
May 4, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry, Spalding29 min
May 4, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones37 min
May 4, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox24 min
May 4, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Pulaski28 min
May 4, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Pulaski36 min
May 4, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Twiggs, Wilkinson28 min
May 4, 7:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Troup39 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.