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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 1, 20214 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 5:39 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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, 5:39 PM EDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

Counties Crawford County, GA, Peach County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2021-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 970 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 2021-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

469 
WWUS82 KFFC 012139
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
539 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
 
GAZ069-079>081-094-012230-
Peach GA-Taylor GA-Upson GA-Crawford GA-Talbot GA-
539 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEACH...TAYLOR...SOUTHEASTERN
UPSON...CRAWFORD AND TALBOT COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

At 538 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms extending from near 
F.d. Roosevelt State Park to Musella...and 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 these storms include
Fort Valley, Butler, Roberta, Talbotton, Byron, Reynolds, Woodland,
Junction City, Nakomis, Howard, Powerville, Salem, Prattsburg, Horns,
Big Lazer Creek Wma, Wesley Church, Fickling Mill, Miami Valley,
Baldwinville and Olive Branch.

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 3272 8468 3283 8469 3281 8400 3265 8372
      3264 8373 3261 8371 3252 8372 3253 8375
      3251 8375 3252 8400 3253 8400 3252 8405
      3254 8445 3256 8445 3256 8449 3255 8450
      3270 8470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 306DEG 25KT 3280 8475 3277 8403 

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler24 min
Jul 31, 8:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler30 min
Aug 1, 1:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade50 min
Aug 1, 2:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Fulton26 min
Aug 1, 2:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Fulton29 min
Aug 1, 3:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Henry, Rockdale51 min
Aug 1, 3:29 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryFFCBibb, Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Emanuel and 14 more17 hr
Aug 1, 4:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry29 min
Aug 1, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup51 min
Aug 1, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Peach45 min
Aug 1, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Houston, Macon36 min
Aug 1, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee39 min
Aug 1, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski31 min
Aug 1, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen36 min
Aug 1, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp49 min
Aug 1, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.