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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 26, 2021Walton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2021, 9:47 PM EDT for Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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 26, 2021, 9:47 PM EDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2021, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
40

County Walton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 895 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2021-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
895 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

520 
WWUS82 KFFC 270147
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
947 PM EDT Mon Jul 26 2021
 
GAZ037-047-049-270215-
Morgan GA-Walton GA-Oconee GA-
947 PM EDT Mon Jul 26 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MORGAN...EASTERN
WALTON AND WESTERN OCONEE COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM EDT...

At 947 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Monroe. 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
Monroe, Social Circle, Rutledge, North High Shoals, Bostwick, Good
Hope, Jersey, Ebenezer, Nicholasville, Hard Labor Creek State Park,
Pannell, Campton and Herndonville.

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 3374 8383 3389 8376 3386 8350 3374 8352
      3362 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 286DEG 4KT 3380 8371 

WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 8:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett27 min
Jul 26, 8:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton26 min
Jul 26, 8:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot23 min
Jul 26, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett29 min
Jul 26, 8:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton27 min
Jul 26, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan23 min
Jul 26, 9:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton, Walton25 min
Jul 26, 9:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper23 min
Jul 26, 10:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper31 min
Jul 27, 4:45 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Crawford and 37 more15 hr
Jul 27, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Heard28 min
Jul 27, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard30 min
Jul 27, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer27 min
Jul 27, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens25 min
Jul 27, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee37 min
Jul 27, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee35 min
Jul 27, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart32 min
Jul 27, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth37 min
Jul 27, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley, Talbot, Upson29 min
Jul 27, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett34 min
Jul 27, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks36 min
Jul 27, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb33 min
Jul 27, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike, Upson29 min
Jul 27, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor28 min
Jul 27, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb35 min
Jul 27, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton30 min
Jul 27, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton32 min
Jul 27, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor27 min
Jul 27, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry36 min
Jul 27, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett31 min
Jul 27, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp34 min
Jul 27, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Henry28 min
Jul 27, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp26 min
Jul 27, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston31 min
Jul 27, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski27 min
Jul 27, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson24 min
Jul 27, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski24 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.