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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 7, 2021Pike County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 4:57 PM EDT for Pike County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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, 4:57 PM EDT (20:57 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

County Pike County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 29 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

794 
WWUS82 KFFC 072057
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
457 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
 
GAZ067-068-072130-
Meriwether GA-Pike GA-
457 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
SPALDING, NORTHEASTERN MERIWETHER, PIKE, NORTHWESTERN UPSON AND
SOUTHWESTERN LAMAR COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...

At 457 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Hollonville, or 9
miles west of Zebulon...moving southeast at 10 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
Zebulon, Molena, Williamson, Meansville, Gay, Hilltop, Lifsey Springs
and Hollonville.

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 3322 8452 3322 8450 3319 8450 3319 8448
      3320 8447 3321 8445 3321 8441 3312 8425
      3304 8425 3303 8427 3299 8427 3300 8430
      3299 8430 3299 8449 3311 8463
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 318DEG 7KT 3314 8450 

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, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	24 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, 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.