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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2021, 4:28 PM EDT for Haralson County, Polk 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 21, 2021, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Haralson County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 719 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 773 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
610
WWUS82 KFFC 212028
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
428 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
GAZ030-031-041-212100-
Polk GA-Haralson GA-Paulding GA-
428 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN POLK...HARALSON AND
WESTERN PAULDING COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...
At 427 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Buchanan...moving
northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 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
Dallas, Buchanan, Bremen, Rockmart, Tallapoosa, Aragon, Waco,
Braswell, Yorkville, Fish Creek, Eubank Lake, Antioch, Van Wert,
Draketown and Felton.
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 3392 8532 3409 8511 3392 8487 3381 8503
3381 8505 3380 8505 3368 8523 3370 8535
3380 8537
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 220DEG 23KT 3379 8522
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...50MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 4:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 13 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Gordon | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Murray | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens | 23 min |
| Jun 21, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Forsyth, Hall | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin, Union | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 47 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.