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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2021, 5:40 PM EDT for Meriwether County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
Counties Meriwether County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 196 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.
934
WWUS82 KFFC 202140
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
540 PM EDT Tue Jul 20 2021
GAZ066-067-069-078-079-202215-
Harris GA-Upson GA-Troup GA-Meriwether GA-Talbot GA-
540 PM EDT Tue Jul 20 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN HARRIS...
NORTHWESTERN UPSON...SOUTHEASTERN TROUP...SOUTHERN MERIWETHER AND
NORTHWESTERN TALBOT COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...
At 540 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorms was along a line extending
from Baughs Crossroads to near Woodland...and moving northeast at 20
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 these storms include
LaGrange, Thomaston, Hamilton, Greenville, Manchester, Pine Mountain,
Woodbury, Waverly Hall, Warm Springs, Woodland, Sunset Village,
Lincoln Park, F.d. Roosevelt State Park, Mountville, Louise, Flint
Hill, Odessadale, Sprewell Bluff State Park, Stovall and Sunnyside.
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 3311 8506 3306 8472 3299 8453 3297 8452
3297 8451 3298 8450 3291 8429 3264 8461
3285 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 218DEG 19KT 3292 8504 3276 8460
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, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 36 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, 5:55 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.