Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2021, 3:13 PM EDT for Dawson County, Lumpkin 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
- Jun 13, 2021, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Dawson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
210
WWUS82 KFFC 131913
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
313 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021
GAZ014-015-131945-
Dawson GA-Lumpkin GA-
313 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN DAWSON AND
SOUTHWESTERN LUMPKIN COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...
At 313 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Nimblewill, or near
Dahlonega...moving southwest at 10 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
Dahlonega, Dawsonville, Amicalola Falls State Park, Len Foote Hike
Inn, Camp Merrill, Black Gap Shelter, Nimblewill, McKee, Juno and
Fausett Lake.
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 3464 8404 3454 8394 3440 8419 3454 8433
3457 8427 3457 8426 3458 8425 3462 8420
3461 8419 3460 8419 3463 8417 3466 8412
3465 8410 3466 8407
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 049DEG 10KT 3457 8408
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 12, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 9:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 9:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 10:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Jones | 33 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.