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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 30, 2021Bartow County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2021, 6:49 PM EDT for Bartow County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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 30, 2021, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2021, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Bartow County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 30, 7:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nw Cartersville, GA	REPORT OF MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED ON BURNT HICKORY RD NEAR SUGAR VALLEY RD

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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 99 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1065 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1141 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

649 
WWUS82 KFFC 302249
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
649 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021
 
GAZ020-021-031-032-302315-
Cobb GA-Cherokee GA-Bartow GA-Paulding GA-
649 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN COBB...SOUTHWESTERN
CHEROKEE...BARTOW AND NORTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM
EDT...

At 649 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Cassville, or near
Cartersville...moving southeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...pea sized hail and frequent cloud to 
           ground lightning.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of 
           light...unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Cartersville, Kennesaw, Woodstock, Acworth, Euharlee, Emerson, White,
Kingston, Cassville, Burnt Hickory Ridge, Kellogg Creek, Red Top
Mountain State Park, Oak Grove, Little River Landing, George
Washington Carver St Pk, Cross Roads, Pine Log, Stilesboro, Sutallee
and Hobgood Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

LAT...LON 3437 8473 3410 8448 3395 8484 3428 8503
      3429 8502
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 336DEG 17KT 3423 8480 

HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 30, 2:50 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	FFC	Baldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee and 61 more	29 hr
Jul 30, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Murray, Whitfield	28 min
Jul 30, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	36 min
Jul 30, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	30 min
Jul 30, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Gordon, Murray	30 min
Jul 30, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	27 min
Jul 30, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson, Forsyth	35 min
Jul 30, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	25 min
Jul 30, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	28 min
Jul 30, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Paulding	28 min
Jul 30, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	35 min

Nearby

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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.