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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 31, 2021Bartow County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 31, 2021, 1:21 PM EDT for Bartow County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2021, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Bartow County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:24 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.

823 
WWUS82 KFFC 311721
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
121 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021
 
GAZ019-020-030-311745-
Polk GA-Bartow GA-Floyd GA-
121 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD,
NORTHEASTERN POLK AND BARTOW COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM EDT...

At 121 PM EDT...National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong storm within a tropical rain band over Aragon, or 10 miles
east of Cedartown...moving northeast at 35 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 this storm include
Rome, Cartersville, Adairsville, Rockmart, Euharlee, Aragon, White,
Kingston, Taylorsville, Cassville, Shannon, Fish Creek, Pinson,
Folsom, Van Wert, Seney, Pine Log, Stilesboro and Funkhouser.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.

LAT...LON 3440 8508 3440 8503 3439 8502 3439 8499
      3438 8499 3440 8497 3438 8497 3438 8496
      3440 8495 3440 8473 3441 8473 3441 8465
      3439 8465 3408 8491 3408 8492 3406 8493
      3395 8502 3403 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 206DEG 31KT 3406 8508 

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, 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, 1:00 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, 1:23 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.