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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 3:53 PM EDT for Floyd County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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, 3:53 PM EDT (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
County Floyd County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 119 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.
991
WWUS82 KFFC 091953
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
353 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
GAZ019-092030-
Floyd GA-
353 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN FLOYD,
NORTHWESTERN POLK AND SOUTHERN CHATTOOGA COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM
EDT...
At 352 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Forney...moving
northeast at 20 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
Rome, Cave Spring, Lindale and Coosa.
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 3429 8540 3429 8539 3430 8538 3438 8525
3414 8509 3410 8523 3410 8526 3409 8526
3408 8530 3408 8541 3409 8542 3425 8546
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 241DEG 18KT 3415 8544
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 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, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 31 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, 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.