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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2021, 4:02 PM EDT for Banks County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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 14, 2021, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Banks County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.
555
WWUS82 KFFC 142002
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
402 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
GAZ024-027-142030-
Madison GA-Banks GA-
402 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MADISON AND BANKS
COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT...
At 402 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Pinefield Crossroads,
or near Homer...moving south 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
Homer, Maysville, Ila, Pocataligo, Pinefield Crossroads,
Hollingsworth and Banks Crossing.
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 3448 8347 3446 8340 3442 8338 3432 8339
3427 8334 3424 8334 3426 8330 3425 8329
3424 8325 3411 8325 3419 8340 3426 8348
3426 8351 3433 8365 3449 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 013DEG 7KT 3441 8342
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, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Hall | 42 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, 4:15 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.