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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 31, 2021Carroll County, Heard County, Troup County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 31, 2021, 8:26 AM EDT for Carroll County, Heard County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 31, 2021, 8:26 AM EDT (12:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2021, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

Counties Carroll County, GA, Heard County, GA, Troup County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:27 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 51 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 209 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 283 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
209 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

As transmitted.

928 
WWUS82 KFFC 311226
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
826 AM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021
 
GAZ042-052-053-066-067-311300-
Coweta GA-Carroll GA-Troup GA-Heard GA-Meriwether GA-
826 AM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
MERIWETHER, CARROLL, HEARD, TROUP AND WESTERN COWETA COUNTIES THROUGH
900 AM EDT...

At 823 AM EDT...National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong storm within a tropical rain band along a line extending from
Tyus to Abbottsford...and moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Enhanced risk of a brief tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Storms embedded within a tropical rainband have exhibited 
         localized rotation. A brief tornado could quickly form.

Some locations in the path of these storms include
LaGrange, Carrollton, Franklin, Villa Rica, Temple, Hogansville,
Grantville, Whitesburg, Ephesus, Centralhatchee, Roopville, Lone Oak,
Corinth, Plant Yates, Mountville, Cannonville, Louise, Odessadale,
Seaton Lake and Clem.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.

LAT...LON 3370 8509 3372 8505 3376 8505 3381 8502
      3366 8490 3358 8491 3357 8488 3304 8475
      3289 8519 3296 8520 3316 8519 3344 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 1223Z 205DEG 42KT 3345 8521 3324 8517 3303 8518 

MAX HAIL SIZE...
MAX WIND GUST...

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 8:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd30 min
Aug 30, 8:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite31 min
Aug 30, 9:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns28 min
Aug 31, 11:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski, Wilcox25 min
Aug 31, 11:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Dodge, Pulaski, Twiggs33 min
Aug 31, 12:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Jones, Putnam32 min
Aug 31, 12:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens, Telfair, Wilkinson33 min
Aug 31, 12:30 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb4 hr
Aug 31, 12:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Morgan, Oconee and 1 more32 min
Aug 31, 1:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock, Johnson, Washington30 min
Aug 31, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Walker30 min
Aug 31, 1:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Madison, Oglethorpe27 min
Aug 31, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow24 min
Aug 31, 1:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington52 min
Aug 31, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow34 min
Aug 31, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren36 min
Aug 31, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen46 min
Aug 31, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes37 min
Aug 31, 2:25 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhitfield3 days
Aug 31, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot37 min
Aug 31, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Webster35 min
Aug 31, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart35 min
Aug 31, 7:33 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCLamar, Monroe, Upson27 min
Aug 31, 7:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe24 min
Aug 31, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster32 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.