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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2021, 6:43 PM EDT for Towns County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2021, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Towns County, GA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.
150
WWUS82 KFFC 102243
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
643 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021
GAZ009-102315-
Towns GA-
643 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN TOWNS
COUNTY THROUGH 715 PM EDT...
At 643 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Young Harris, or near
Hiawassee...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
Hiawassee, Young Harris, Gumlog, Macedonia and Alexanders Mill.
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 3488 8366 3493 8392 3494 8392 3496 8394
3498 8394 3499 8393 3499 8368
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 257DEG 10KT 3497 8384
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, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 40 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.