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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Oct 3, 2021, 6:53 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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
- Oct 3, 2021, 6:53 PM EDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2021, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
Counties DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
567
WWUS82 KFFC 032253
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
653 PM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021
GAZ033-044-045-032330-
North Fulton GA-DeKalb GA-South Fulton GA-
653 PM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of DeKalb and south
central Fulton Counties through 730 PM EDT...
At 653 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Sweet Auburn, or over
Atlanta, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Frequent cloud to ground lightning and heavy rain.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. If you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by
lightning. Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding
especially in poor drainage areas.
Locations impacted include...
Atlanta, Decatur, Dunwoody, East Point, Chamblee, Doraville,
Clarkston, Hapeville, Stone Mountain, Avondale Estates, Pine Lake,
Tucker, Belvedere Park, North Decatur, North Atlanta, North Druid
Hills, Midtown, Grant Park-Zoo Atlanta, Candler-Mcafee and Druid
Hills.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Electrical
appliances should not be used unless in an emergency. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
&&
LAT...LON 3395 8427 3394 8427 3392 8426 3387 8420
3385 8416 3378 8408 3377 8405 3365 8430
3365 8441 3377 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 234DEG 20KT 3375 8437
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 30 min |
| Oct 3, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 23 min |
| Oct 3, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 36 min |
| Oct 3, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 33 min |
| Oct 3, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 32 min |
| Oct 3, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 33 min |
| Oct 3, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 14 min |
| Oct 3, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 36 min |
| Oct 3, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 31 min |
| Oct 3, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 30 min |
| Oct 3, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 28 min |
| Oct 3, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 37 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.