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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2021, 4:03 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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 8, 2021, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Laurens County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1082 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
476
WWUS82 KFFC 082003
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
403 PM EDT Sun Aug 8 2021
GAZ097-082030-
Laurens GA-
403 PM EDT Sun Aug 8 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
LAURENS, EASTERN DODGE, SOUTHWESTERN TREUTLEN AND NORTHERN WHEELER
COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
At 403 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Rentz, or 13 miles
south of Dublin...moving south at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 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
Dexter, Cadwell, Rentz, Lowery and Cedar Grove.
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 3227 8305 3243 8306 3245 8282 3234 8274
3233 8275 3231 8273 3228 8276 3227 8276
3227 8277 3222 8283 3218 8301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 357DEG 5KT 3234 8293
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25IN
MAX WIND GUST...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 7:01 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Dade and 12 more | 3 hr |
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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.