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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 9, 2021Upson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT for Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Upson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 51 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

844 
WWUS82 KFFC 092200
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
600 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
 
GAZ068-069-092230-
Upson GA-Pike GA-
600 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
MERIWETHER, SOUTHWESTERN PIKE, NORTHWESTERN UPSON AND NORTHEASTERN
TALBOT COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...

At 600 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Molena, or 10 miles
southwest of Zebulon...moving southeast at 15 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
Thomaston, Molena, Sunset Village, Lincoln Park, Sprewell Bluff State
Park, Crest, Sunnyside, Atwater, Lifsey Springs, Redbone Crossroads
and Hannahs Mill.

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 3309 8440 3285 8422 3279 8439 3283 8441
      3284 8443 3282 8444 3285 8447 3286 8449
      3288 8448 3288 8451 3291 8451 3291 8453
      3295 8452 3296 8453 3298 8452 3304 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 337DEG 13KT 3299 8447 

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, 3:44 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, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether	38 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.