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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 11, 2021Paulding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2021, 4:05 PM EDT for Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Paulding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2021-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1000 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2021-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

435 
WWUS82 KFFC 112005
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
405 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
 
GAZ031-032-112030-
Cobb GA-Paulding GA-
405 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
PAULDING AND WEST CENTRAL COBB COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...

At 405 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Hiram, or near Dallas.
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
Dallas, Powder Springs, Austell, Hiram, Brownsville and New Georgia. 

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 3396 8485 3385 8466 3381 8469 3381 8472
      3379 8473 3379 8478 3378 8480 3378 8483
      3381 8493
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 232DEG 2KT 3386 8480 

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 11, 8:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray36 min
Aug 11, 8:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield20 min
Aug 11, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker34 min
Aug 11, 1:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker33 min
Aug 11, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Rockdale25 min
Aug 11, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson29 min
Aug 11, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson31 min
Aug 11, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb28 min
Aug 11, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale25 min
Aug 11, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett27 min
Aug 11, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke24 min
Aug 11, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga29 min
Aug 11, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen27 min
Aug 11, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll32 min
Aug 11, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke25 min
Aug 11, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson32 min
Aug 11, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas23 min
Aug 11, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb38 min
Aug 11, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton35 min
Aug 11, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee29 min
Aug 11, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison24 min
Aug 11, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas36 min
Aug 11, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall28 min
Aug 11, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta23 min
Aug 11, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee30 min
Aug 11, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison29 min
Aug 11, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding24 min
Aug 11, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson37 min
Aug 11, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta44 min
Aug 11, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren34 min
Aug 11, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan31 min
Aug 11, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee29 min
Aug 11, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk27 min
Aug 11, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens27 min
Aug 11, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk52 min
Aug 11, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow36 min
Aug 11, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Pickens48 min
Aug 11, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta31 min
Aug 11, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade27 min
Aug 11, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes35 min
Aug 11, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro26 min
Aug 11, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup37 min
Aug 11, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens35 min
Aug 11, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite34 min
Aug 11, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade26 min
Aug 11, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup39 min
Aug 11, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp37 min
Aug 11, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer26 min
Aug 11, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Dade, Walker31 min
Aug 11, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer28 min
Aug 11, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion36 min
Aug 11, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock27 min
Aug 11, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin32 min
Aug 11, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren30 min
Aug 11, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin26 min
Aug 11, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion30 min
Aug 11, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga33 min
Aug 11, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs31 min
Aug 11, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston42 min
Aug 11, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee38 min
Aug 11, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin29 min
Aug 11, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston26 min
Aug 11, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin31 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.