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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2021, 7:40 PM EDT for Dade 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 30, 2021, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2021, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Dade County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS82 KFFC 302340
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
740 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021
GAZ001-002-011-310015-
Chattooga GA-Walker GA-Dade GA-
740 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CHATTOOGA...
SOUTHWESTERN WALKER AND SOUTHWESTERN DADE COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM
EDT...
At 739 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Rising Fawn, or 8
miles south of Trenton...moving southeast at 30 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
Lafayette, Trenton, Trion, Menlo, Center Post, Rising Fawn,
Cloudland, Cloudland Canyon State Park and Cooper Heights.
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 3490 8548 3464 8521 3443 8548 3448 8551
3484 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 334DEG 25KT 3476 8553
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, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 26 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 |
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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.