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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 3:44 PM EDT for Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 9, 2021, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2021, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Heard County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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 60 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
- 203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
317
WWUS82 KFFC 091944
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
344 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
GAZ052-092015-
Heard GA-
344 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF HEARD AND
NORTHWESTERN TROUP COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
At 343 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Big Springs, or 8
miles northeast of Roanoke...moving east 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
Franklin, Centralhatchee, Waresville, Frolona, Glenn and Texas.
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 3341 8507 3319 8503 3318 8505 3318 8506
3317 8509 3318 8509 3320 8511 3318 8511
3318 8512 3316 8512 3313 8522 3313 8524
3335 8528
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 260DEG 6KT 3324 8529
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 9, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Murray | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 38 min |
| Aug 9, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 36 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.