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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 5, 2021, 6:21 PM EDT for Floyd County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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
- Jun 5, 2021, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2021, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Floyd County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1097 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
214
WWUS82 KFFC 052221
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
621 PM EDT Sat Jun 5 2021
GAZ019-052245-
Floyd GA-
621 PM EDT Sat Jun 5 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN FLOYD COUNTY UNTIL
645 PM EDT...
At 621 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Cave Spring, or 7
miles northeast of Forney...moving north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Rome, Cave Spring and Coosa.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.
LAT...LON 3429 8543 3429 8539 3433 8537 3435 8535
3429 8523 3411 8534 3411 8543 3427 8546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 197DEG 17KT 3418 8539
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 66 min |
| Jun 5, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 30 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.