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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2021, 8:47 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 43 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
- Jul 6, 2021, 8:47 PM EDT (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2021, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
Counties Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Henry County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 5 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
- 383 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1261 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
350
WWUS82 KFFC 070047
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
847 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021
GAZ042>044-052>058-070130-
Butts GA-Fayette GA-Douglas GA-Clayton GA-Coweta GA-Carroll GA-
Heard GA-Spalding GA-Henry GA-South Fulton GA-
847 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BUTTS...FAYETTE...SOUTHWESTERN
DOUGLAS...CLAYTON...NORTHERN COWETA...SOUTHERN CARROLL...NORTHERN
HEARD...NORTHEASTERN SPALDING...HENRY AND SOUTHERN SOUTH FULTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM EDT...
At 846 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms extended from
Franklin to Senoia, Griffin, High Falls State Park and Juliette,
moving northwest at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind, occasional cloud-to-ground lightning
and heavy rain.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light, unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.
Some locations in the path of these storms include
Newnan, Carrollton, McDonough, Fayetteville, Jackson, Jonesboro,
Peachtree City, Stockbridge, Union City, Riverdale, Fairburn,
Hampton, Tyrone, Morrow, Lovejoy, Locust Grove, Palmetto, Senoia,
Bowdon and Flovilla.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3360 8514 3364 8474 3354 8408 3338 8386
3321 8383 3319 8381 3320 8412 3334 8439
3331 8527 3352 8531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 153DEG 23KT 3316 8521 3329 8487 3329 8458 3320
8398 3301 8373
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Heard, Jones, Lamar, Meriwether and 5 more | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler, Wilcox | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach and 2 more | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Macon, Peach, Schley, Sumter and 3 more | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart, Talbot and 3 more | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Pike | 44 min |
| Jul 7, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 34 min |
| Jul 7, 4:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 24 min |
| Jul 7, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Dawson, Lumpkin, Pickens | 33 min |
| Jul 7, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 35 min |
Nearby
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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.