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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2021, 5:36 PM EDT for Walton 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 10, 2021, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Walton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 70 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.
675
WWUS82 KFFC 102136
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
536 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021
GAZ046>048-102200-
Walton GA-Rockdale GA-Newton GA-
536 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN
ROCKDALE, SOUTHWESTERN WALTON AND NORTH CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTIES
THROUGH 600 PM EDT...
At 536 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Big Haynes Creek Park,
or near Conyers...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
Conyers, Loganville, Social Circle, Walnut Grove, Between, Jersey,
Georgia International Horse Park, Gum Creek, Youth and Big Haynes
Creek Park.
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 3365 8374 3365 8395 3374 8404 3381 8396
3384 8381
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 257DEG 4KT 3376 8399
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, 1:32 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, 5:56 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.