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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 4, 2021Coweta County, Fayette County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 4, 2021, 4:13 PM EDT for Coweta County, Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 4, 2021, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 50

Counties Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 11 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

443 
WWUS82 KFFC 042013
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
413 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021
 
GAZ053-054-042045-
Fayette GA-Coweta GA-
413 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FAYETTE AND COWETA COUNTIES UNTIL
445 PM EDT...

At 413 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Grantville, or near
Newnan...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
Newnan, Fayetteville, Peachtree City, Tyrone, Palmetto, Senoia,
Grantville, Moreland, Sharpsburg, Turin, Woolsey, East Newnan, Starrs
Mill, Inman, Cannongate, Sandy Creek, Thomas Crossroads and Madras.

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 3351 8467 3351 8462 3350 8461 3352 8459
      3355 8446 3355 8444 3350 8442 3348 8439
      3345 8439 3344 8440 3341 8439 3338 8439
      3323 8469 3322 8485 3319 8486 3322 8486
      3323 8490 3331 8496
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 234DEG 47KT 3328 8483 

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

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 8:01 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett, Walton	2 hr
May 3, 8:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	36 min
May 3, 8:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	30 min
May 3, 9:14 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale	48 hr
May 3, 9:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	22 min
May 3, 9:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard	12 hr
May 3, 9:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, Douglas	12 hr
May 3, 9:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Oconee	37 hr
May 3, 9:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	3 hr
May 3, 11:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	67 min
May 4, 12:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Treutlen	27 min
May 4, 1:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	28 min
May 4, 1:36 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Newton, Rockdale	9 hr
May 4, 4:34 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	5 hr
May 4, 10:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker	48 min
May 4, 11:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	29 min
May 4, 11:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker, Whitfield	25 min
May 4, 11:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield	35 min
May 4, 11:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	42 min
May 4, 11:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin	33 min
May 4, 12:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon	57 min
May 4, 12:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Polk	31 min
May 4, 12:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens	40 min
May 4, 12:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding, Polk	31 min
May 4, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson, Paulding	32 min
May 4, 1:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding	32 min
May 4, 1:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Hall, White	28 min
May 4, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth, Gwinnett	27 min
May 4, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall	38 min
May 4, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Carroll, Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk	44 min
May 4, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale, Walton	25 min
May 4, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	35 min
May 4, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow	19 min
May 4, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Newton, Oconee and 2 more	34 min
May 4, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton and 3 more	48 min
May 4, 3:08 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Barrow, Carroll, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton and 6 more	7 hr
May 4, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	26 min
May 4, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	25 min
May 4, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry, Spalding	29 min
May 4, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	37 min
May 4, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	24 min
May 4, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Pulaski	28 min
May 4, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski	36 min
May 4, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston, Twiggs, Wilkinson	28 min
May 4, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Troup	39 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.