Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2021, 10:14 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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, 10:14 PM EDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2021, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Catoosa County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 919 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 972 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
342
WWUS82 KFFC 160214
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1014 PM EDT Sun Aug 15 2021
GAZ003-160245-
Catoosa GA-
1014 PM EDT Sun Aug 15 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CATOOSA COUNTY
THROUGH 1045 PM EDT...
At 1013 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Beaumont, or near
Ringgold...moving north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...frequent cloud to ground lightning and
heavy rain.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Ringgold, Fort Oglethorpe, Boynton, Beaumont, Lakeview, Wood Station,
Indian Springs, Graysville and Blue Spring.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3497 8498 3497 8500 3492 8501 3491 8502
3488 8502 3486 8503 3486 8506 3482 8506
3481 8512 3482 8513 3477 8515 3477 8520
3485 8520 3486 8526 3498 8527 3499 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 185DEG 11KT 3484 8516
MAX HAIL SIZE...
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 15, 9:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 61 min |
| Aug 15, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 11:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 12:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 22 min |
| Aug 16, 12:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Union | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 1:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 3:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 19 min |
| Aug 16, 4:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll and 65 more | 40 hr |
| Aug 16, 12:19 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Bibb, Butts, Chattahoochee, Clarke, Clayton, Coweta and 35 more | 19 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Walton | 28 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.