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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Sep 7, 2021, 7:21 PM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 39 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
- Sep 7, 2021, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Bartow County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 847 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 878 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
357
WWUS82 KFFC 072321
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
721 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021
GAZ002-011-012-019-020-030-031-041-042-080000-
Chattooga GA-Polk GA-Walker GA-Gordon GA-Haralson GA-Bartow GA-
Carroll GA-Paulding GA-Floyd GA-
721 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Paulding, Haralson,
northwestern Carroll, Floyd, southeastern Walker, western Gordon,
Polk, Chattooga and western Bartow Counties through 800 PM EDT...
At 720 PM EDT, a line of strong thunderstorms extended from near
Armuchee to near Lindale to Antioch to near Mount Zion, moving north
at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph, pea sized hail, frequent 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.
Locations impacted include...
Rome, Cartersville, Calhoun, Dallas, Cedartown, Summerville,
Buchanan, Villa Rica, Bremen, Adairsville, Temple, Rockmart,
Euharlee, Hiram, Tallapoosa, Trion, Mount Zion, Aragon, Cave Spring
and Kingston.
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 3448 8542 3459 8531 3460 8513 3472 8517
3472 8505 3462 8505 3461 8501 3457 8500
3456 8485 3386 8476 3353 8530 3426 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 195DEG 13KT 3441 8516 3422 8511 3396 8514 3367
8525
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 37 min |
| Sep 7, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 31 min |
| Sep 7, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 31 min |
| Sep 7, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 24 min |
| Sep 7, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe | 28 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.