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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 11, 2021Cherokee County, Georgia

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.

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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 11, 5:17 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wsw Sutallee, GAA TREE WAS DOWNED ON POPLAR TRAIL AT HIGHLAND VIEW PASS.
Aug 11, 5:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ssw Waleska, GAA 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.

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°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.

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.

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, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding25 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, 4:48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.