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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Oct 7, 2021, 2:47 PM EDT for Hancock 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, 2:47 PM EDT (18:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
County Hancock County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.
578
WWUS82 KFFC 071847
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
247 PM EDT Thu Oct 7 2021
GAZ061-071915-
Hancock GA-
247 PM EDT Thu Oct 7 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central Hancock
County through 315 PM EDT...
At 245 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was near Hamburg State Park, or
near Sparta, moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Heavy rain.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially
in poor drainage areas.
Locations impacted include...
Culverton, Mayfield and Shoals.
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 3323 8277 3324 8278 3320 8283 3320 8285
3317 8287 3315 8290 3323 8299 3338 8282
3337 8282 3336 8280 3333 8280 3333 8279
3332 8280 3331 8278 3327 8278 3325 8275
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 236DEG 11KT 3323 8287
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, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 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.