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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 12, 2021, 11:49 PM EDT for Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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, 11:49 PM EDT (03:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2021, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:50 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 51 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.
650
WWUS82 KFFC 130349
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1149 PM EDT Thu Aug 12 2021
GAZ032-033-043-044-130415-
North Fulton GA-Douglas GA-Cobb GA-South Fulton GA-
1149 PM EDT Thu Aug 12 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN COBB,
NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS AND CENTRAL FULTON COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 AM
EDT...
At 1149 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Sweetwater Creek
State Park, or 7 miles east of Douglasville...moving north at 10 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 this storm include
Atlanta, Douglasville, Smyrna, Powder Springs, Austell, Lithia
Springs, Sweetwater Creek State Park, Six Flags Over Georgia,
Sandtown, Mableton and Vinings.
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 3390 8463 3388 8448 3368 8449 3367 8468
3379 8473 3387 8472
TIME...MOT...LOC 0349Z 173DEG 11KT 3373 8461
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, 10:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 30 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 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.