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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 9, 2021Gordon County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 5:06 PM EDT for Gordon 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 9, 2021, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Gordon County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 148 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 203 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

995 
WWUS82 KFFC 092106
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
506 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
 
GAZ002-011-012-019-092130-
Chattooga GA-Walker GA-Gordon GA-Floyd GA-
506 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN FLOYD,
SOUTHWESTERN WHITFIELD, SOUTHEASTERN WALKER, NORTHWESTERN GORDON AND
NORTHEASTERN CHATTOOGA COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...

At 506 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Subligna, or 10 miles
east of Summerville...moving northeast at 10 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
Calhoun, Oostanaula, Subligna, Suttles Mill, Villanow, Sugar Valley,
Everett Springs and Lake Marvin.

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 3458 8529 3472 8508 3472 8506 3469 8505
      3462 8505 3462 8500 3449 8492 3442 8520
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 243DEG 7KT 3454 8517 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25IN
MAX WIND GUST...40MPH

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding23 min
Aug 9, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs37 min
Aug 9, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard31 min
Aug 9, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair29 min
Aug 9, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker28 min
Aug 9, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd37 min
Aug 9, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk23 min
Aug 9, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether27 min
Aug 9, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd29 min
Aug 9, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel27 min
Aug 9, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Troup30 min
Aug 9, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris33 min
Aug 9, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon37 min
Aug 9, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Gordon, Murray24 min
Aug 9, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether38 min
Aug 9, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson30 min
Aug 9, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot26 min
Aug 9, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion33 min
Aug 9, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall37 min
Aug 9, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee28 min
Aug 9, 7:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor24 min
Aug 9, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall36 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.