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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 5:52 PM EDT for Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
County Meriwether County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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, 9.9 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.
874
WWUS82 KFFC 092152
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
552 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
GAZ067-078-079-092230-
Harris GA-Meriwether GA-Talbot GA-
552 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MERIWETHER,
SOUTHEASTERN TROUP, NORTHWESTERN TALBOT AND NORTHEASTERN HARRIS
COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...
At 552 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over F.d. Roosevelt State
Park, or 8 miles northeast of Hamilton...moving northeast 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
Greenville, Manchester, Pine Mountain, Warm Springs, F.d. Roosevelt
State Park, Raleigh, Durand, Harris City and Flint Hill.
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 3284 8491 3287 8489 3287 8486 3291 8486
3307 8475 3289 8451 3288 8451 3272 8474
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 220DEG 7KT 3284 8477
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, 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, 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 |
Nearby
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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.