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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 10, 2021Walker County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2021, 7:30 PM EDT for Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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, 7:30 PM EDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Walker County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 10, 7:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nw Chickamauga, GAA 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, 11.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1201 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted.

264 
WWUS82 KFFC 102330
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
730 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021
 
GAZ002-003-110000-
Catoosa GA-Walker GA-
730 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL CATOOSA
AND NORTHWESTERN WALKER COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT...

At 729 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Chickamauga, or 9
miles east of Trenton...moving northeast 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
Fort Oglethorpe, Chickamauga, Fairview, Beaumont, Chattanooga
Valley, Blue Spring, Cooper Heights and Rock Spring.

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 3483 8518 3477 8540 3484 8545 3486 8544
      3498 8527
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 237DEG 16KT 3486 8535 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25IN
MAX WIND GUST...40MPH

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 12:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion33 min
Aug 10, 1:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon30 min
Aug 10, 1:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion23 min
Aug 10, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster32 min
Aug 10, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot30 min
Aug 10, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris28 min
Aug 10, 1:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga26 min
Aug 10, 1:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley33 min
Aug 10, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon32 min
Aug 10, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford34 min
Aug 10, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Taylor, Upson40 min
Aug 10, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris37 min
Aug 10, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach34 min
Aug 10, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee30 min
Aug 10, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee28 min
Aug 10, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach15 min
Aug 10, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston53 min
Aug 10, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris37 min
Aug 10, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup34 min
Aug 10, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette33 min
Aug 10, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock27 min
Aug 10, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta24 min
Aug 10, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam51 min
Aug 10, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock33 min
Aug 10, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry25 min
Aug 10, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock41 min
Aug 10, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll33 min
Aug 10, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan30 min
Aug 10, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton24 min
Aug 10, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan34 min
Aug 10, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett31 min
Aug 10, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe30 min
Aug 10, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett36 min
Aug 10, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee36 min
Aug 10, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee31 min
Aug 10, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison40 min
Aug 10, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns32 min
Aug 10, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade25 min
Aug 10, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker44 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.