Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2021, 9:23 PM EDT for Newton County, Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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 28, 2021, 9:23 PM EDT (01:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 50
Counties Newton County, GA, Rockdale County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 372 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1344 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted.
354
WWUS82 KFFC 290123
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
923 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021
GAZ046>048-290200-
Walton GA-Rockdale GA-Newton GA-
923 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WALTON...ROCKDALE AND NEWTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...
At 922 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Conyers...moving east
at 40 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...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
Conyers, Monroe, Covington, Social Circle, Oxford, Porterdale, Walnut
Grove, Between, Jersey, Lakeview Estates, Georgia International Horse
Park, Magnet, Almon, Milstead, Youth, Starrsville, Big Haynes Creek
Park, Brick Store, Gum Creek and Oak Hill.
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 3386 8377 3362 8366 3359 8369 3357 8368
3355 8368 3351 8404 3351 8405 3353 8404
3353 8406 3354 8405 3355 8408 3362 8411
3372 8406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 248DEG 34KT 3363 8402
WIND...50MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 8:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall | 36 min |
| May 28, 9:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 33 min |
| May 28, 10:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 51 min |
| May 28, 10:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee | 25 min |
| May 28, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 28 min |
Nearby
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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.