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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 4:39 PM EDT for Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 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, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 970 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
389
WWUS82 KFFC 012039
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
439 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
GAZ066-012130-
Troup GA-
439 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TROUP COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM EDT...
At 438 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Welch, or near
Stroud...moving southeast 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
LaGrange, Piedmont Heights, Mountville, Cannonville, Big Springs,
Wares Crossroads, Louise, Baughs Crossroads, State Line Park,
Abbottsford, Smiths Crossroad and Long Cane.
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 3315 8517 3309 8488 3288 8487 3288 8503
3295 8520 3313 8524
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 294DEG 19KT 3310 8530
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, 2:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 26 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, 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.