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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 31, 2021, 12:43 PM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 32 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, 12:43 PM EDT (16:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2021, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
Counties Baldwin County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Greene County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Putnam County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:43 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 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
577
WWUS82 KFFC 311643
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1243 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021
GAZ025-027-035>038-047-049-050-060-061-072-073-084-311715-
Morgan GA-Putnam GA-Walton GA-Hancock GA-Jones GA-Madison GA-
Wilkinson GA-Jackson GA-Barrow GA-Baldwin GA-Oglethorpe GA-Clarke GA-
Greene GA-Oconee GA-
1243 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL HANCOCK,
CLARKE, SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON, EAST CENTRAL JONES, SOUTHWESTERN
MADISON, OCONEE, NORTHWESTERN WILKINSON, BALDWIN, SOUTHEASTERN
BARROW, CENTRAL MORGAN, PUTNAM, NORTHEASTERN WALTON, WESTERN GREENE
AND WESTERN OGLETHORPE COUNTIES THROUGH 115 PM EDT...
At 1243 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Ebenezer to near Greshamville to near Greenberry
Crossroads...and moving north at 40 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 these storms include
Milledgeville, Jefferson, Eatonton, Madison, Greensboro,
Watkinsville, Athens, Statham, Gordon, Arcade, Nicholson,
Winterville, Bogart, Ivey, North High Shoals, Bostwick, Arnoldsville,
Good Hope, Maxeys and Bishop.
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 3416 8357 3400 8318 3316 8314 3283 8337
3289 8340 3354 8341 3373 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 1643Z 200DEG 42KT 3372 8359 3362 8338 3297 8338
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 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, 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.