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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 12, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT for Clayton County, Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 12, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2021, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Clayton County, GA, Fayette County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 1721 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1390 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
969
WWUS82 KFFC 130200
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1000 PM EDT Thu Aug 12 2021
GAZ044-054-055-130230-
Fayette GA-Clayton GA-South Fulton GA-
1000 PM EDT Thu Aug 12 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN
FAYETTE, SOUTH CENTRAL FULTON AND CLAYTON COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM
EDT...
At 1000 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Riverdale, or near
Jonesboro. 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
Fayetteville, Jonesboro, East Point, Union City, Forest Park,
Riverdale, College Park, Morrow, Lovejoy, Hapeville, Lake City,
Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, Bonanza, Jw Smith Reservoir and Irondale.
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 3358 8451 3368 8445 3361 8432 3343 8432
3343 8435 3341 8436 3341 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 110DEG 3KT 3356 8438
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 12, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 9:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 9:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 30 min |
| Aug 12, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale | 27 min |
| Aug 12, 9:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 41 min |
| Aug 12, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 35 min |
| Aug 12, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 35 min |
| Aug 12, 10:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 24 min |
| Aug 12, 11:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 30 min |
| Aug 13, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 37 min |
| Aug 13, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 28 min |
| Aug 13, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 25 min |
| Aug 13, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 33 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.