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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 10, 2021Talbot County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2021, 1:30 PM EDT for Talbot 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 10, 2021, 1:30 PM EDT (17:30 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Talbot County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:28 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 86 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: 1201 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

452 
WWUS82 KFFC 101730
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
130 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021
 
GAZ079-080-091-101800-
Taylor GA-Marion GA-Talbot GA-
130 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN MARION,
SOUTHERN TALBOT AND NORTHWESTERN TAYLOR COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM
EDT...

At 130 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Mauk, or 10 miles
southeast of Talbotton. This storm was nearly stationary.

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
Talbotton, Junction City, Geneva, Howard, Marion Estates,
Baldwinville, Prattsburg, Wesley Church, Po Biddy Crossroads 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 3251 8434 3242 8445 3249 8456 3262 8463
      3272 8452 3275 8442 3274 8431
TIME...MOT...LOC 1730Z 150DEG 4KT 3255 8443 

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 10, 12:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	33 min
Aug 10, 1:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon	30 min
Aug 10, 1:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	23 min
Aug 10, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	32 min
Aug 10, 1:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	28 min
Aug 10, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	26 min
Aug 10, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Schley	33 min
Aug 10, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon	32 min
Aug 10, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford	34 min
Aug 10, 2:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Taylor, Upson	40 min
Aug 10, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	37 min
Aug 10, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	34 min
Aug 10, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	30 min
Aug 10, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee	28 min
Aug 10, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	15 min
Aug 10, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston	53 min
Aug 10, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	37 min
Aug 10, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	34 min
Aug 10, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	33 min
Aug 10, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock	27 min
Aug 10, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	24 min
Aug 10, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Putnam	51 min
Aug 10, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock	33 min
Aug 10, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	25 min
Aug 10, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Hancock	41 min
Aug 10, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	33 min
Aug 10, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	30 min
Aug 10, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walton	24 min
Aug 10, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	34 min
Aug 10, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	31 min
Aug 10, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	30 min
Aug 10, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	36 min
Aug 10, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oconee	36 min
Aug 10, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Oconee	31 min
Aug 10, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Madison	40 min
Aug 10, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Towns	32 min
Aug 10, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	25 min
Aug 10, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	30 min
Aug 10, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Walker	44 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.