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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 31, 2021Hancock County, Johnson County, Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 31, 2021, 1:00 PM EDT for Hancock County, Johnson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 31, 2021, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2021, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
40

Counties Hancock County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Washington County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:04 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 31, 1:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ssw Tennille, GATWO TREES DOWNED ALONG HWY 68 S, ONE AT DEEP CUT RD AND ONE AT HURST RD
Aug 31, 1:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Wsw Tennille, GATREE DOWNED ON THE 800 BLOCK OF DIXON GROVE RD
Aug 31, 1:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Sse Tennille, GATREE DOWNED AT HWY 15 S AND OLD SAVANNAH RD
Aug 31, 1:23 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Nw Deepstep, GATREE DOWNED ON THE 1400 BLOCK OF N INDIAN TRAIL RD
Aug 31, 1:27 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Ssw Warthen, GATREE DOWNED ON THE 700 BLOCK OF BUSSELL RD
Aug 31, 1:27 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG6 W Davisboro, GATREE DOWNED AT SUN HILL GRANGE RD AND NEW RD

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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°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.

355 
WWUS82 KFFC 311700
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
100 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021
 
GAZ061-073>076-084>086-097-311730-
Wilkinson GA-Jefferson GA-Washington GA-Baldwin GA-Hancock GA-
Glascock GA-Emanuel GA-Johnson GA-Laurens GA-
100 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN LAURENS,
EASTERN WILKINSON, EASTERN BALDWIN, NORTHWESTERN EMANUEL, CENTRAL
HANCOCK, SOUTHWESTERN GLASCOCK, WASHINGTON, JOHNSON AND SOUTHWESTERN
JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM EDT...

At 100 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from Underwood to Minter...and moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...40 mph wind 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
Dublin, Sandersville, Wrightsville, Sparta, Irwinton, East Dublin,
Davisboro, Tennille, Harrison, Toomsboro, Oconee, Deepstep,
Riddleville, Kite, Hamburg State Park, Spann, Downs, Beulah, Pringle
and Minter.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Motorists should
slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3272 8237 3243 8284 3280 8317 3311 8317
      3344 8292 3344 8289 3328 8278 3327 8278
      3326 8276
TIME...MOT...LOC 1700Z 216DEG 41KT 3315 8311 3248 8278 

MAX HAIL SIZE...
MAX WIND GUST...40MPH

$$

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, 8:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Heard, Troup34 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, 1:15 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.