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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 12, 2021Murray County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2021, 3:08 PM EDT for Murray County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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 12, 2021, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Murray County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2021-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 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 2021-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1169 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

611 
WWUS82 KFFC 121908
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
308 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021
 
GAZ005>007-012-013-121945-
Gilmer GA-Gordon GA-Pickens GA-Murray GA-Fannin GA-
308 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN GILMER...EASTERN
GORDON...NORTHWESTERN PICKENS...MURRAY AND NORTHWESTERN FANNIN
COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

At 306 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms extended from near 
Cisco to near Fort Mountain State Park to near Oakman, moving 
northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph, pea sized hail, frequent 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
Chatsworth, Ellijay, Eton, East Ellijay, Ranger, Crandall, Carters,
Talona, Tails Creek, Sumac, Ramhurst, Jones Mill, Higdon, Gregory,
Cohutta Wilderness, Epworth, Conasauga Lake, Tennga, Cisco and
Oakman.

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 3499 8435 3455 8451 3441 8481 3493 8482
      3499 8478
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 215DEG 24KT 3492 8474 3474 8464 3454 8473 

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard40 min
Jul 12, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett42 min
Jul 12, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, DeKalb41 min
Jul 12, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly51 min
Jul 12, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington48 min
Jul 12, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski, Wilcox45 min
Jul 12, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin49 min
Jul 12, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer, Pickens40 min
Jul 12, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock38 min
Jul 12, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Pulaski51 min
Jul 12, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge24 min
Jul 12, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston33 min
Jul 12, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Stewart, Webster43 min
Jul 12, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter49 min
Jul 12, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Pulaski46 min
Jul 12, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks29 min
Jul 12, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Wheeler41 min
Jul 12, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Twiggs30 min
Jul 12, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Marion, Muscogee40 min
Jul 12, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford, Peach52 min
Jul 12, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens, Treutlen44 min
Jul 12, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Macon42 min
Jul 12, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Wheeler24 min
Jul 12, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup, Upson48 min
Jul 12, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Troup, Upson34 min
Jul 12, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Jones46 min
Jul 12, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson50 min
Jul 12, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup, Upson37 min
Jul 12, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Putnam39 min
Jul 12, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jefferson, Warren and 1 more43 min
Jul 12, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Morgan and 3 more39 min
Jul 12, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen42 min
Jul 12, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale46 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.