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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2021, 2:18 PM EDT for Dawson County, Forsyth County, Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2021, 2:18 PM EDT (18:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Dawson County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Hall County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Lumpkin, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON A HOME AND POWERLINE ON W MOUNTAINSIDE DRIVE. |
| Jun 14, 2:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ene Lumpkin, GA | MULTIPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN ALONG DEAN COUCH RD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 740 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1027 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
055
WWUS82 KFFC 141818
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
218 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
GAZ013>015-022-023-141900-
Hall GA-Dawson GA-Forsyth GA-Pickens GA-Lumpkin GA-
218 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HALL...DAWSON...FORSYTH...EASTERN
PICKENS AND SOUTHWESTERN LUMPKIN COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...
At 217 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over McKee, or near
Dawsonville...moving southeast at 20 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
Gainesville, Cumming, Dawsonville, Oakwood, Dougherty, Drew, Coal
Mountain, Hightower, Juno, Matt, Silver City, Chestatee, Oscarville,
Hollis Lathem Reservoir, Auraria, Ducktown, Nimblewill, War Hill
Park, McKee and Murrayville.
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 3429 8376 3415 8424 3431 8426 3438 8426
3438 8427 3449 8428 3459 8410
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 327DEG 16KT 3448 8415
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 13, 10:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 23 min |
| Jun 13, 10:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 23 min |
| Jun 14, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard, Troup | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 52 min |
| Jun 14, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 28 min |
| Jun 14, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Spalding | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Troup | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 28 min |
| Jun 14, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 26 min |
| Jun 14, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 37 min |
| Jun 14, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Monroe | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.