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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 1:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ssw Tennille, GA | TWO TREES DOWNED ALONG HWY 68 S, ONE AT DEEP CUT RD AND ONE AT HURST RD |
| Aug 31, 1:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Wsw Tennille, GA | TREE DOWNED ON THE 800 BLOCK OF DIXON GROVE RD |
| Aug 31, 1:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sse Tennille, GA | TREE DOWNED AT HWY 15 S AND OLD SAVANNAH RD |
| Aug 31, 1:23 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nw Deepstep, GA | TREE DOWNED ON THE 1400 BLOCK OF N INDIAN TRAIL RD |
| Aug 31, 1:27 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ssw Warthen, GA | TREE DOWNED ON THE 700 BLOCK OF BUSSELL RD |
| Aug 31, 1:27 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 W Davisboro, GA | TREE 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.
- 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.
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.
| 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, 12:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Morgan, Oconee and 1 more | 32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.