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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2021, 7:05 PM EDT for Dade County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 2021, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2021, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Dade County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 7:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Chickamauga, GA | A TREE WAS DOWNED ON WALLACEVILLE SCHOOL ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.
107
WWUS82 KFFC 102305
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
705 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021
GAZ001-002-102330-
Walker GA-Dade GA-
705 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WALKER AND
CENTRAL DADE COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...
At 704 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Cloudland Canyon State
Park, or near Trenton...moving east at 20 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
Trenton, Fort Oglethorpe, Chickamauga, Rising Fawn, Noble, Cloudland
Canyon State Park, Cooper Heights, Rock Spring and Fairview.
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 3493 8527 3490 8526 3486 8526 3485 8525
3474 8522 3474 8554 3485 8556
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 259DEG 16KT 3480 8546
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, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.