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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 30, 2021Pickens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 30, 2021, 4:34 PM EDT for Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 30, 2021, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired: Aug 30, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

County Pickens County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 129 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1025 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 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.

143 
WWUS82 KFFC 302034
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
434 PM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021
 
GAZ005-007-012-013-302100-
Gilmer GA-Gordon GA-Pickens GA-Murray GA-
434 PM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN GILMER,
SOUTHEASTERN MURRAY, EASTERN GORDON AND WESTERN PICKENS COUNTIES
THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

At 433 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Fairmount, or 12 miles
west of Jasper...moving north at 10 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
Fairmount, Ranger, Carters, Talona, Blaine, Talmadge, Oakman, Hinton
and Roundtop.

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 3460 8450 3442 8455 3441 8458 3441 8473
      3458 8477 3468 8465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 178DEG 11KT 3446 8464 

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 30, 4:19 AM EDT	Flood Watch	FFC	Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 12 more	1 min
Aug 30, 4:27 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	FFC	Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb and 22 more	43 hr
Aug 30, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	31 min
Aug 30, 2:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	30 min
Aug 30, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Whitfield	36 min
Aug 30, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	34 min
Aug 30, 4:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens	14 min
Aug 30, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	31 min
Aug 30, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer, Murray, Pickens, Whitfield	34 min
Aug 30, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens	31 min
Aug 30, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar	29 min
Aug 30, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	34 min
Aug 30, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	22 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.