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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 9, 2021Hall County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 7:54 PM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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, 7:54 PM EDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Hall County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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 125 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.

171 
WWUS82 KFFC 092354
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
754 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
 
GAZ023-100030-
Hall GA-
754 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL HALL COUNTY
THROUGH 830 PM EDT...

At 754 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near War Hill Park, or near
Gainesville...moving east 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
Gainesville, Oakwood, Clermont and Murrayville. 

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 3426 8367 3425 8395 3427 8395 3429 8393
      3430 8393 3430 8395 3433 8395 3436 8398
      3439 8398 3440 8397 3441 8398 3445 8392
      3446 8392 3446 8389 3447 8388 3451 8377
      3450 8373
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 258DEG 9KT 3436 8392 

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, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	24 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.