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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 15, 2021Dade County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2021, 9:29 PM EDT for Dade County, Georgia. It was in force for 61 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 15, 2021, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2021, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Dade County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2021-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 475 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2021-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
475 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

881 
WWUS82 KFFC 160129
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
929 PM EDT Sun Aug 15 2021
 
GAZ001-002-160230-
Walker GA-Dade GA-
929 PM EDT Sun Aug 15 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN WALKER
AND DADE COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM EDT...

At 928 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Trenton...moving
northeast at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Heavy rain.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially 
         in poor drainage areas.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Trenton, Rossville, Lookout Mountain, Rising Fawn, Cole City,
Wildwood, Fairview, Stephensville, Chattanooga  Valley, New England,
Morganville, Hooker and Cloudland Canyon State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3499 8526 3493 8527 3466 8554 3498 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 218DEG 6KT 3485 8548 

MAX HAIL SIZE...
MAX WIND GUST...

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 10:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa31 min
Aug 15, 10:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker29 min
Aug 15, 11:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker35 min
Aug 16, 12:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Murray, Walker, Whitfield22 min
Aug 16, 12:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Union34 min
Aug 16, 1:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns, Union32 min
Aug 16, 3:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhitfield19 min
Aug 16, 4:32 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll and 65 more40 hr
Aug 16, 12:19 PM EDTWind AdvisoryFFCBibb, Butts, Chattahoochee, Clarke, Clayton, Coweta and 35 more19 hr
Aug 16, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan, Walton28 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.