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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 14, 2021Butts County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2021, 5:02 PM EDT for Butts 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, 5:02 PM EDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Butts County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 54 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 740 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted.

726 
WWUS82 KFFC 142102
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
502 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
 
GAZ056>058-070-071-142130-
Butts GA-Lamar GA-Monroe GA-Spalding GA-Henry GA-
502 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BUTTS...NORTHEASTERN
LAMAR...NORTHERN MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN SPALDING AND SOUTHEASTERN
HENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

At 501 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near McKibben, or near
Jackson...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
Jackson, Forsyth, Jenkinsburg, High Falls State Park, Blount, Walker
Mill, McKibben, Collier, Johnstonville, Brent, Chappel Mill and
Goggins.

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 3335 8405 3313 8382 3313 8381 3312 8380
      3296 8403 3328 8420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 316DEG 18KT 3323 8405 

HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 10:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa23 min
Jun 13, 10:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade23 min
Jun 14, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Forsyth, Hall42 min
Jun 14, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard, Troup31 min
Jun 14, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry40 min
Jun 14, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall38 min
Jun 14, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Meriwether, Troup52 min
Jun 14, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks28 min
Jun 14, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Spalding45 min
Jun 14, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Troup43 min
Jun 14, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton42 min
Jun 14, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster27 min
Jun 14, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett, Newton, Rockdale, Walton38 min
Jun 14, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor44 min
Jun 14, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton, Rockdale26 min
Jun 14, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb38 min
Jun 14, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan43 min
Jun 14, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford50 min
Jun 14, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley37 min
Jun 14, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Monroe50 min
Jun 14, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro44 min
Jun 14, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes44 min
Jun 14, 7:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren39 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.