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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 2:19 AM EDT for Cobb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
- Aug 1, 2021, 2:19 AM EDT (06:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
Counties Cobb County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:18 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 2012 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1213 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS82 KFFC 010619
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
219 AM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
GAZ032-033-010645-
North Fulton GA-Cobb GA-
219 AM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH FULTON AND COBB COUNTIES
UNTIL 245 AM EDT...
At 219 AM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Jim R Miller Park, or
near Marietta...moving east at 20 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
Atlanta, Marietta, Sandy Springs, Roswell, Alpharetta, Smyrna,
Kennesaw, Acworth, Powder Springs, Austell, Fair Oaks, Mount Bethel,
White Water Park, Lost Mountain Park, Kennesaw State University,
Vinings, Jim R Miller Park, Bankhead, Due West and Sandy Plains.
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 3396 8471 3406 8465 3405 8432 3373 8447
3386 8473 3388 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 0619Z 291DEG 16KT 3392 8460
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 24 min |
| Jul 31, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 1:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 2:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 3:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 3:29 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | Bibb, Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Emanuel and 14 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Peach, Talbot, Taylor | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Peach | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Macon | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 31 min |
| Aug 1, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley | 46 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.