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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 7, 2021Dawson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 3:39 PM EDT for Dawson County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 7, 2021, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2021, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
50

County Dawson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2021-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 848 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2021-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
848 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
799 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

979 
WWUS82 KFFC 071939
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
339 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
 
GAZ014-015-072015-
Dawson GA-Lumpkin GA-
339 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN FORSYTH,
SOUTHWESTERN LUMPKIN, DAWSON AND EASTERN PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 415
PM EDT...

At 338 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Juno, or near
Dawsonville...moving southeast at 5 mph.

HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...pea sized hail and frequent cloud to 
         ground lightning.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Dahlonega, Dawsonville, Dougherty, Silver City, Auraria, Nimblewill,
McKee and Juno.

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 3450 8393 3433 8410 3433 8417 3442 8426
      3447 8426 3447 8431 3461 8416
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 311DEG 6KT 3450 8417 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25IN
MAX WIND GUST...50MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 9:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin30 min
Aug 7, 12:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin32 min
Aug 7, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga23 min
Aug 7, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield34 min
Aug 7, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton33 min
Aug 7, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer, Murray27 min
Aug 7, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd24 min
Aug 7, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll26 min
Aug 7, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer27 min
Aug 7, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd26 min
Aug 7, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin33 min
Aug 7, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion32 min
Aug 7, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns35 min
Aug 7, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard34 min
Aug 7, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding24 min
Aug 7, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding27 min
Aug 7, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth34 min
Aug 7, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry30 min
Aug 7, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb37 min
Aug 7, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike33 min
Aug 7, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee33 min
Aug 7, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb25 min
Aug 7, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett23 min
Aug 7, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett29 min
Aug 7, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris32 min
Aug 7, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe24 min
Aug 7, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe26 min
Aug 7, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock25 min
Aug 7, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford36 min
Aug 7, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren26 min
Aug 7, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock32 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.