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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 27, 2021Forsyth County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2021, 4:53 PM EDT for Forsyth County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 2021, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Forsyth County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 27, 5:07 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Wnw Johns Creek, GAMULTIPLE TREES DOWN.
Jul 27, 5:18 PM EDTHAIL 13 Ese Alpharetta, GAREPORTED VIA MPING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF TIVIDALE CT AND HEBDEN BRIDGE LN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 950 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

444 
WWUS82 KFFC 272053
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
453 PM EDT Tue Jul 27 2021
 
GAZ022-033-034-272130-
North Fulton GA-Forsyth GA-Gwinnett GA-
453 PM EDT Tue Jul 27 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH FULTON...SOUTHWESTERN
FORSYTH AND WESTERN GWINNETT COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

At 453 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Brookwood, or 9 miles
southwest of Cumming...moving south at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph...pea sized hail...frequent 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
Sandy Springs, Roswell, Johns Creek, Alpharetta, Milton, Duluth,
Berkeley Lake and Brookwood.

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 3417 8429 3415 8411 3397 8413 3397 8424
      3400 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 008DEG 7KT 3409 8423 

HAIL...0.25IN
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, 9:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton28 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.