Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2021, 4:46 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min. 2 reports 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 11, 2021, 4:46 PM EDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Cherokee County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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 11, 5:17 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Sutallee, GA | A TREE WAS DOWNED ON POPLAR TRAIL AT HIGHLAND VIEW PASS. |
| Aug 11, 5:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw Waleska, GA | A TREE WAS DOWNED ON LITTLE REFUGE ROAD AT FINCHER 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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.
163
WWUS82 KFFC 112046
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
446 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
GAZ020-021-030>032-112115-
Polk GA-Cobb GA-Cherokee GA-Bartow GA-Paulding GA-
446 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN
PAULDING, SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE, NORTHWESTERN COBB, EAST CENTRAL POLK
AND SOUTHEASTERN BARTOW COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
At 446 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was extending from
Sutallee to Burnt Hickory Ridge...and moving northwest 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 these storms include
Canton, Cartersville, Dallas, Acworth, Holly Springs, Emerson,
Waleska, Lake Arrowhead, Burnt Hickory Ridge, Kellogg Creek, Red Top
Mountain State Park, Oak Grove, Little River Landing, George
Washington Carver St Pk, Cross Roads, Stilesboro, Sutallee, Hobgood
Park and Bridgemill.
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 3433 8467 3405 8501 3393 8484 3422 8444
3433 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 118DEG 6KT 3423 8463 3404 8486
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, 3:13 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, 4:16 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, 4:48 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 |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2021Every special weather statement in 2021
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.