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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2021, 1:32 PM EDT for Harris County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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, 1:32 PM EDT (17:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Harris County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:35 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 61 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
664
WWUS82 KFFC 101732
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
132 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021
GAZ066-067-078-101800-
Harris GA-Troup GA-Meriwether GA-
132 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
MERIWETHER, SOUTHEASTERN TROUP AND NORTHEASTERN HARRIS COUNTIES
THROUGH 200 PM EDT...
At 131 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over F.d. Roosevelt State
Park, or 8 miles northeast of Hamilton. 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
Pine Mountain, Durand, F.d. Roosevelt State Park, Stovall and Harris
City.
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 3291 8494 3301 8484 3297 8469 3285 8469
3284 8470 3283 8469 3278 8469 3271 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 150DEG 4KT 3287 8481
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, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 30 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.