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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2021, 3:13 PM EDT for Carroll 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 11, 2021, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Carroll County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 1000 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
326
WWUS82 KFFC 111913
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
313 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
GAZ041-042-111945-
Haralson GA-Carroll GA-
313 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
HARALSON AND NORTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
At 313 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Abilene, or 7 miles
northeast of Carrollton...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
Carrollton, Villa Rica, Bremen, Temple, Abilene and Treasure Lake.
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 3375 8512 3380 8495 3378 8491 3378 8490
3373 8490 3373 8491 3372 8491 3372 8490
3368 8490 3358 8491 3357 8489 3359 8510
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 264DEG 6KT 3368 8502
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 11, 8:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 8:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 20 min |
| Aug 11, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 23 min |
| Aug 11, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 23 min |
| Aug 11, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 26 min |
| Aug 11, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 26 min |
| Aug 11, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 26 min |
| Aug 11, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 26 min |
| Aug 11, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 42 min |
| Aug 11, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 26 min |
| Aug 11, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 31 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.