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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Oct 7, 2021, 2:17 PM EDT for Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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 7, 2021, 2:17 PM EDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
County Warren County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
116
WWUS82 KFFC 071817
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
217 PM EDT Thu Oct 7 2021
GAZ050-051-061-062-071845-
Taliaferro GA-Hancock GA-Warren GA-Greene GA-
217 PM EDT Thu Oct 7 2021
...Thunderstorms with heavy rain will impact portions of
northwestern Warren, northeastern Hancock, southeastern Greene and
southern Taliaferro Counties through 245 PM EDT...
At 216 PM EDT, a line of thunderstorms was over Springfield, or 9
miles north of Sparta, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Heavy rain.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially
in poor drainage areas.
Locations impacted include...
Warrenton, White Plains, Norwood, Sharon, Camak, Liberty,
Springfield, Cadley, Powelton, Barnett, Mesena, Shoulderbone and
Raytown.
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 3326 8311 3343 8319 3361 8266 3360 8266
3361 8265 3344 8258
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 243DEG 11KT 3341 8297
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 7, 1:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 51 hr |
| Oct 7, 4:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 38 min |
| Oct 7, 6:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Elbert, Madison, Oglethorpe | 31 hr |
| Oct 7, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 36 min |
| Oct 7, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 30 min |
| Oct 7, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 28 min |
| Oct 7, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 27 min |
| Oct 7, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 30 min |
| Oct 7, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 24 min |
| Oct 7, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 2 hr |
| Oct 7, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 119 min |
| Oct 7, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 86 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.