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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 30, 2021, 9:17 PM EDT for Towns County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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, 9:17 PM EDT (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2021, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Towns County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.
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WWUS82 KFFC 310117
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
917 PM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021
GAZ009-016-310145-
Towns GA-White GA-
917 PM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TOWNS AND
NORTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT...
At 917 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Unicoi State Park, or
10 miles north of 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
Hiawassee, Helen, Unicoi State Park, Robertstown, Blue Mountain
Shelter, Anna Ruby Falls, Macedonia, Plum Orchard Gap Shelter, Titus,
Mountain Scene and Sautee.
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 3495 8355 3494 8360 3492 8359 3491 8363
3488 8366 3482 8365 3480 8368 3476 8363
3469 8364 3466 8366 3462 8364 3460 8364
3456 8363 3476 8383 3478 8382 3479 8378
3482 8378 3483 8380 3497 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 200DEG 27KT 3474 8373
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, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 31 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.