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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2021, 6:35 PM EDT for Madison County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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, 6:35 PM EDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2021, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Madison County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.
152
WWUS82 KFFC 102235
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
635 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021
GAZ027-102315-
Madison GA-
635 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MADISON
COUNTY THROUGH 715 PM EDT...
At 635 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Paoli, or 8 miles east
of Danielsville. 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
Comer, Carlton, Watson Mill Bridge State Park and Paoli.
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 3417 8310 3415 8306 3412 8305 3411 8303
3410 8304 3408 8300 3404 8298 3403 8300
3402 8307 3403 8309 3403 8310 3405 8313
3404 8315 3415 8317 3418 8310
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 164DEG 2KT 3411 8307
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, 5:36 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, 6:43 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.