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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2021, 3:54 PM EDT for Newton County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 20, 2021, 3:54 PM EDT (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Newton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 273 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
- 690 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
650
WWUS82 KFFC 201954
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
354 PM EDT Tue Jul 20 2021
GAZ048-057>059-202030-
Butts GA-Jasper GA-Newton GA-Henry GA-
354 PM EDT Tue Jul 20 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN BUTTS...NORTHWESTERN
JASPER...SOUTHERN NEWTON AND EASTERN HENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM
EDT...
At 354 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Rocky Plains, or 9
miles southwest of Covington...moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph 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
Porterdale, Newborn, Mansfield, Stewart, Eudora, North Alcovy,
Starrsville and Rocky Plains.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Motorists should
slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3342 8397 3358 8398 3355 8370 3341 8367
3338 8385
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 286DEG 14KT 3347 8392
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 9:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 53 min |
| Jul 19, 10:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Troup | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 10:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 10:22 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 4 hr |
| Jul 19, 10:31 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 11:09 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 98 min |
| Jul 20, 3:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 39 more | 19 hr |
| Jul 20, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 23 min |
| Jul 20, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 44 min |
| Jul 20, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 7:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Pike | 49 min |
| Jul 20, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 48 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.