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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Oct 7, 2021, 5:29 PM EDT for Bartow County, Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr. 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, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2021, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
County Bartow County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.
391
WWUS82 KFFC 072129
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
529 PM EDT Thu Oct 7 2021
GAZ020-030-031-041-072330-
Polk GA-Haralson GA-Bartow GA-Paulding GA-
529 PM EDT Thu Oct 7 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Paulding, northeastern Haralson, eastern Polk and Bartow Counties
through 730 PM EDT...
At 528 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was near Cartersville, 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...
Cartersville, Rockmart, Euharlee, Emerson, Aragon, White, Kingston,
Braswell, Taylorsville, Cassville, Yorkville, Burnt Hickory Ridge,
Eubank Lake, Red Top Mountain State Park, Van Wert, Pine Log and
Stilesboro.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.
&&
LAT...LON 3432 8491 3436 8466 3416 8466 3383 8499
3384 8511 3393 8516
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 214DEG 14KT 3415 8485
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, 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, 5:31 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.