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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 3:51 PM EDT for Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
County Paulding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
096
WWUS82 KFFC 071951
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
351 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
GAZ019-020-030-031-072015-
Polk GA-Bartow GA-Paulding GA-Floyd GA-
351 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
PAULDING, SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD, NORTHEASTERN POLK AND SOUTHWESTERN
BARTOW COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
At 350 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Taylorsville, or 11
miles southeast of Rome...moving southeast at 25 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
Cartersville, Rockmart, Euharlee, Aragon, Braswell, Taylorsville,
Yorkville, Seney, Stilesboro and Van Wert.
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 3410 8518 3425 8506 3416 8476 3390 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 304DEG 20KT 3414 8505
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25IN
MAX WIND GUST...50MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Murray | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 32 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.