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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2021, 3:50 PM EDT for Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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 27, 2021, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2021, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 950 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 917 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
495
WWUS82 KFFC 271950
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
350 PM EDT Tue Jul 27 2021
GAZ013-021-272015-
Cherokee GA-Pickens GA-
350 PM EDT Tue Jul 27 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CHEROKEE AND EASTERN
PICKENS COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...
At 350 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Jasper...moving south
at 10 mph.
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
Jasper, Ball Ground, Nelson, Tate, Lake Tamarack and Marblehill.
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 3450 8433 3448 8432 3431 8434 3430 8446
3434 8458 3453 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 010DEG 11KT 3444 8443
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 27 min |
| Jul 26, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 26 min |
| Jul 26, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 23 min |
| Jul 26, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 27 min |
| Jul 26, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 23 min |
| Jul 26, 9:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Walton | 25 min |
| Jul 26, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 28 min |
| Jul 26, 9:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 23 min |
| Jul 26, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 31 min |
| Jul 27, 4:45 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Crawford and 37 more | 15 hr |
| Jul 27, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 28 min |
| Jul 27, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 30 min |
| Jul 27, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 27 min |
| Jul 27, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 37 min |
| Jul 27, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 35 min |
| Jul 27, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 32 min |
| Jul 27, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 37 min |
| Jul 27, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley, Talbot, Upson | 29 min |
| Jul 27, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 34 min |
| Jul 27, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 33 min |
| Jul 27, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike, Upson | 29 min |
| Jul 27, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 28 min |
| Jul 27, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 35 min |
| Jul 27, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 30 min |
| Jul 27, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 32 min |
| Jul 27, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 27 min |
| Jul 27, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 31 min |
| Jul 27, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 34 min |
| Jul 27, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 28 min |
| Jul 27, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 26 min |
| Jul 27, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 31 min |
| Jul 27, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 27 min |
| Jul 27, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 24 min |
| Jul 27, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski | 24 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.