Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 7, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT for Clarke County, Oconee County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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 7, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Clarke County, GA, Oconee County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 590 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
280
WWUS82 KFFC 072145
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
545 PM EDT Mon Jun 7 2021
GAZ036-037-047-049-072230-
Morgan GA-Walton GA-Clarke GA-Oconee GA-
545 PM EDT Mon Jun 7 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MORGAN...EASTERN
WALTON...CLARKE AND OCONEE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...
At 544 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over North High Shoals, or
near Watkinsville...moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...pea sized hail and frequent cloud to
ground lightning.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Watkinsville, Athens, Winterville, Bogart, North High Shoals,
Bostwick, Good Hope, Bishop, Athens-Clarke County, Whitehall,
Westgate Park, James Holland Youth Sports Cmpx, Beechwood Hills,
Oconee Heights, Eastville, Barnett Shoals, State Botanical Garden Of
Ga and Farmington.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
LAT...LON 3401 8331 3388 8326 3370 8347 3379 8361
3400 8349 3399 8348 3400 8346
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 216DEG 23KT 3380 8349
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 24 min |
| Jun 6, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 29 min |
| Jun 6, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Walton | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 9:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Jackson | 37 min |
| Jun 7, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 31 min |
| Jun 7, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 23 min |
| Jun 7, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 26 min |
| Jun 7, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 39 min |
| Jun 7, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Jun 7, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 28 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.