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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2021, 4:16 PM EDT for Madison County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Madison County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.
533
WWUS82 KFFC 112016
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
416 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
GAZ027-038-112045-
Madison GA-Oglethorpe GA-
416 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
OGLETHORPE AND SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
At 416 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Comer, or near
Danielsville. This storm was nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...frequent cloud to ground lightning and
heavy rain.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Danielsville, Comer, Colbert, Arnoldsville, Carlton, Diamond Hill,
Smithonia, Watson Mill Bridge State Park, Point Peter and Paoli.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3388 8322 3413 8331 3422 8308 3417 8310
3415 8306 3412 8305 3411 8303 3410 8304
3408 8301 3408 8300 3405 8299 3403 8293
3401 8294 3401 8291 3400 8288
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 258DEG 2KT 3409 8314
MAX HAIL SIZE...
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, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 32 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, 4:21 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.