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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 17, 2021Glascock County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 17, 2021, 9:41 AM EDT for Glascock County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 17, 2021, 9:41 AM EDT (13:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2021, 10:15 AM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Glascock County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:41 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 2021-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 259 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2021-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
259 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

917 
WWUS82 KFFC 171341
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
941 AM EDT Tue Aug 17 2021
 
GAZ062-075-171415-
Glascock GA-Warren GA-
941 AM EDT Tue Aug 17 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN WARREN
AND GLASCOCK COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 AM EDT...

At 940 AM EDT...National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong storm within a tropical rain band near Agricola, or near
Gibson...moving north at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Enhanced risk of a brief tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Storms embedded within a tropical rainband have exhibited 
         localized rotation. A brief tornado could quickly form.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Warrenton, Gibson, Mitchell, Edge Hill, Edgehill, Shoals, Agricola,
Jewell, Beall Springs and Reese.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 PM EDT for east central
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3314 8260 3313 8268 3315 8271 3317 8272
      3318 8274 3322 8274 3324 8275 3325 8275
      3326 8277 3331 8278 3333 8280 3334 8280
      3341 8269 3336 8256
TIME...MOT...LOC 1340Z 176DEG 21KT 3319 8267 

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 12:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee7 min
Aug 17, 12:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee21 min
Aug 17, 1:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee27 min
Aug 17, 2:49 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCTaylor26 min
Aug 17, 3:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor29 min
Aug 17, 3:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge26 min
Aug 17, 3:10 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCMacon, Taylor23 min
Aug 17, 3:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge35 min
Aug 17, 3:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson36 min
Aug 17, 4:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson25 min
Aug 17, 4:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb24 min
Aug 17, 4:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta37 min
Aug 17, 4:39 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCoweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup14 min
Aug 17, 4:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston33 min
Aug 17, 4:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta28 min
Aug 17, 5:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb26 min
Aug 17, 5:06 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCBibb, Houston24 min
Aug 17, 5:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper35 min
Aug 17, 5:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs35 min
Aug 17, 5:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge33 min
Aug 17, 5:48 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson16 min
Aug 17, 6:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene28 min
Aug 17, 6:18 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCGreene, Morgan, Oconee20 min
Aug 17, 6:26 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones, Wilkinson17 min
Aug 17, 6:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson25 min
Aug 17, 6:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson36 min
Aug 17, 6:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens35 min
Aug 17, 7:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam24 min
Aug 17, 7:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson29 min
Aug 17, 7:19 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens, Washington26 min
Aug 17, 7:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin31 min
Aug 17, 7:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones25 min
Aug 17, 7:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan25 min
Aug 17, 7:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke32 min
Aug 17, 8:04 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb3 hr
Aug 17, 8:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock24 min
Aug 17, 8:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington36 min
Aug 17, 8:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee31 min
Aug 17, 8:22 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb3 hr
Aug 17, 8:24 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCMorgan, Oconee, Walton19 min
Aug 17, 8:31 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFulton, Gwinnett5 hr
Aug 17, 8:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCClayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and 1 more6 hr
Aug 17, 8:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington27 min
Aug 17, 8:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren34 min
Aug 17, 9:26 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton4 hr
Aug 17, 9:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes25 min
Aug 17, 9:38 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton8 hr
Aug 17, 9:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks32 min
Aug 17, 10:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks27 min
Aug 17, 10:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCElbert11 min
Aug 17, 10:26 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCBanks30 min
Aug 17, 10:32 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson, Madison5 hr
Aug 17, 10:33 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton3 hr
Aug 17, 10:57 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb2 hr
Aug 17, 11:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite36 min
Aug 17, 11:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite20 min
Aug 17, 11:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion31 min
Aug 17, 12:00 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCBanks9 hr
Aug 17, 12:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCHall, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White6 hr
Aug 17, 12:21 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhite7 hr
Aug 17, 1:00 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCTowns9 hr
Aug 17, 2:46 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCTowns21 hr
Aug 17, 3:18 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCPolk5 hr

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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.