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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 30, 2021, 8:44 PM EDT for White 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 30, 2021, 8:44 PM EDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2021, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County White County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 813 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
354
WWUS82 KFFC 310044
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
844 PM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021
GAZ015-016-023-310115-
Hall GA-White GA-Lumpkin GA-
844 PM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
LUMPKIN, WHITE AND NORTHEASTERN HALL COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM EDT...
At 843 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Clermont, or near
Cleveland...moving north 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
Cleveland, Clermont, Helen, Unicoi State Park, Robertstown, Anna Ruby
Falls, Leaf, Mossy Creek, Smithgall Woods Conservation Are, Sautee
and Qualatchee Lake.
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 3476 8363 3473 8362 3472 8364 3469 8364
3465 8366 3462 8364 3458 8364 3455 8362
3453 8363 3451 8367 3447 8365 3440 8369
3446 8389 3479 8380 3480 8375 3479 8370
3480 8368
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 200DEG 27KT 3451 8377
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, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 30 min |
| Aug 30, 9:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 28 min |
| Aug 31, 8:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Heard, Troup | 34 min |
| Aug 31, 11:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski, Wilcox | 25 min |
| Aug 31, 11:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski, Twiggs | 33 min |
| Aug 31, 12:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jones, Putnam | 32 min |
| Aug 31, 12:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens, Telfair, Wilkinson | 33 min |
| Aug 31, 12:30 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 4 hr |
| Aug 31, 12:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Morgan, Oconee and 1 more | 32 min |
| Aug 31, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Johnson, Washington | 30 min |
| Aug 31, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 30 min |
| Aug 31, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Madison, Oglethorpe | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 24 min |
| Aug 31, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington | 52 min |
| Aug 31, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 34 min |
| Aug 31, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 36 min |
| Aug 31, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 46 min |
| Aug 31, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 37 min |
| Aug 31, 2:25 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 3 days |
| Aug 31, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 37 min |
| Aug 31, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 35 min |
| Aug 31, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 35 min |
| Aug 31, 7:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe, Upson | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 24 min |
| Aug 31, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 32 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.