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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 14, 2021Pike County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2021, 5:04 PM EDT for Pike County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 14, 2021, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

County Pike County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 32 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1101 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

149 
WWUS82 KFFC 142104
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
504 PM EDT Wed Jul 14 2021
 
GAZ067-068-142130-
Meriwether GA-Pike GA-
504 PM EDT Wed Jul 14 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN MERIWETHER AND PIKE
COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

At 503 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Hilltop, or 9 miles
west of Zebulon. This storm was nearly stationary.

  HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...frequent 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 this storm include
Zebulon, Molena, Gay, Hilltop, Imlac, Hollonville and Lifsey Springs.

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 3319 8449 3319 8448 3320 8448 3308 8430
      3299 8446 3299 8449 3297 8451 3297 8453
      3308 8463
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 218DEG 2KT 3308 8450 

WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	25 min
Jul 14, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	23 min
Jul 14, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	30 min
Jul 14, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	28 min
Jul 14, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro	23 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.