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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 28, 2021, 5:36 PM EDT for Talbot County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 28, 2021, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Talbot County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 400 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
840
WWUS82 KFFC 282136
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
536 PM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021
GAZ078>080-091-282200-
Harris GA-Taylor GA-Marion GA-Talbot GA-
536 PM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN MARION,
TALBOT, WESTERN TAYLOR AND SOUTHEASTERN HARRIS COUNTIES THROUGH 600
PM EDT...
At 535 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Junction City, or 8
miles south of Talbotton...moving northwest at 30 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
Talbotton, Waverly Hall, Woodland, Junction City, Geneva, Juniper,
Baldwinville, Charing, Baughville, Oakland, Olive Branch, Po Biddy
Crossroads, Mauk, Pleasant Hill, Howard and Marion Estates.
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 3239 8445 3266 8480 3285 8450 3252 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 139DEG 27KT 3256 8449
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 27, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 9 min |
| Aug 27, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 12 min |
| Aug 28, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Heard | 23 min |
| Aug 28, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 27 min |
| Aug 28, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 9 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.