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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 9, 2021Taylor County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 7:51 PM EDT for Taylor 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, 7:51 PM EDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2021, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Taylor County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 93 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.

107 
WWUS82 KFFC 092351
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
751 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
 
GAZ080-100015-
Taylor GA-
751 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WESTERN TAYLOR
COUNTY THROUGH 815 PM EDT...

At 751 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Howard, or 7 miles
west of Butler...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
Butler, Howard, Rupert, Charing, Wesley Church, Fickling Mill and
Mauk.

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 3247 8441 3249 8441 3249 8443 3252 8443
      3252 8444 3253 8445 3256 8444 3256 8441
      3261 8441 3264 8438 3267 8437 3267 8416
      3241 8422
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 280DEG 5KT 3257 8436 

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, 6:00 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, 7:54 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.