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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2021, 3:12 PM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 19, 2021, 3:12 PM EDT (19:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 50
County Hall County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 603 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS82 KFFC 191912
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
312 PM EDT Thu Aug 19 2021
GAZ023>025-191945-
Hall GA-Banks GA-Jackson GA-
312 PM EDT Thu Aug 19 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN BANKS,
SOUTHEASTERN HALL AND NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM
EDT...
At 311 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Candler, or near
Gainesville...moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 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
Gainesville, Jefferson, Maysville, Pendergrass, Gillsville, Talmo and
Candler.
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 3422 8386 3436 8383 3434 8354 3423 8352
3413 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 281DEG 16KT 3427 8377
MAX HAIL SIZE...
MAX WIND GUST...50MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 8:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 16 hr |
| Aug 19, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 24 min |
| Aug 19, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 22 min |
| Aug 19, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 28 min |
| Aug 19, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 23 min |
| Aug 19, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 3:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 22 min |
| Aug 19, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 26 min |
| Aug 19, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 25 min |
| Aug 19, 4:41 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Walton | 29 min |
| Aug 19, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Newton | 26 min |
| Aug 19, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 32 min |
| Aug 19, 5:32 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 112 min |
| Aug 19, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 24 min |
| Aug 19, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 34 min |
Nearby
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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.