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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2021, 5:57 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 48 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2021, 5:57 PM EDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2021, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Harris County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Troup County, GA, Upson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 6:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Warm Springs, GA | TREE DOWN |
| Jul 12, 6:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nnw Manchester, GA | TREES DOWN |
| Jul 12, 6:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wnw Woodbury, GA | TREES DOWN |
| Jul 12, 6:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Gay, GA | TREE DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
680
WWUS82 KFFC 122157
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
557 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021
GAZ066>069-078>080-122245-
Harris GA-Taylor GA-Upson GA-Troup GA-Meriwether GA-Talbot GA-
Pike GA-
557 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN HARRIS...NORTHWESTERN
TAYLOR...UPSON...TROUP...MERIWETHER...TALBOT AND SOUTHWESTERN PIKE
COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...
At 555 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms extended from around
Lake Harding to Hamilton and Baldwinville, moving north at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds 40 to 50 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
LaGrange, Thomaston, Hamilton, Talbotton, Greenville, Manchester,
West Point, Hogansville, Pine Mountain, Woodbury, Luthersville, Warm
Springs, Woodland, Molena, Junction City, Lone Oak, Gay, Sunset
Village, Lincoln Park and F.d. Roosevelt State Park.
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 3321 8475 3292 8418 3253 8434 3274 8483
3271 8512 3274 8511 3276 8514 3278 8512
3281 8517 3285 8515 3286 8519 3312 8523
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 188DEG 28KT 3278 8516 3281 8482 3263 8441
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 37 min |
| Jul 12, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 51 min |
| Jul 12, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski, Wilcox | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 51 min |
| Jul 12, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 24 min |
| Jul 12, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart, Webster | 43 min |
| Jul 12, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 30 min |
| Jul 12, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Marion, Muscogee | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Peach | 52 min |
| Jul 12, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 44 min |
| Jul 12, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Macon | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Wheeler | 24 min |
| Jul 12, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Troup, Upson | 34 min |
| Jul 12, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Jones | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 50 min |
| Jul 12, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup, Upson | 37 min |
| Jul 12, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jefferson, Warren and 1 more | 43 min |
| Jul 12, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Morgan and 3 more | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale | 46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.