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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 7, 2026Clayton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2026, 1:37 PM EDT for Clayton County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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: Aug 7, 2026, 1:37 PM EDT (17:37 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2026, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Clayton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:38 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 34 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1525 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 7, 1:25 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 1:25 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 10:52 AM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 7, 8:58 AM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
858 AM EDT Fri Aug 7 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0545 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 E Arnco-Sargent       33.42N 84.81W
08/06/2026                   Coweta             GA   Public

            Multiple trees were downed along Roscoe
            Road, some of which fell onto power lines.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 7, 9:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
900 AM EDT Fri Aug 7 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0545 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 ENE Arnco-Sargent     33.44N 84.84W
08/06/2026                   Coweta             GA   Utility Company

            A tree fell onto power lines on Hyde Circle.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 7, 9:02 AM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
902 AM EDT Fri Aug 7 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0540 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 NW Arnco-Sargent      33.44N 84.87W
08/06/2026                   Coweta             GA   Public

            A pine tree fell onto a parked truck in the
            100 block of Old Carrollton Road.

&&

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 1:37 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
137 PM EDT Fri Aug 7 2026

GAZ033-044-055-071815-
North Fulton GA-Clayton GA-South Fulton GA-
137 PM EDT Fri Aug 7 2026

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Clayton
and south central Fulton Counties through 215 PM EDT...

At 137 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over East Point, or near
City of South Fulton, moving east at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind, pea sized hail and frequent cloud to
         ground lightning.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
         light, unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Atlanta, City of South Fulton, East Point, Riverdale, College Park,
Hapeville, Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, Cascade Heights, Lakewood
Park, and Turner Field.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3372 8455 3374 8438 3370 8439 3356 8441
      3361 8457
TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 282DEG 6KT 3367 8451

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
Aug 6, 8:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski	33 min
Aug 6, 8:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	30 min
Aug 6, 8:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton	30 min
Aug 6, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Pulaski, Twiggs	43 min
Aug 6, 9:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb	34 min
Aug 7, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	36 min
Aug 7, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	32 min
Aug 7, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	25 min
Aug 7, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	24 min
Aug 7, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	30 min
Aug 7, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa	37 min
Aug 7, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	35 min
Aug 7, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	24 min
Aug 7, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Whitfield	49 min
Aug 7, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	43 min
Aug 7, 6:04 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Fannin, Murray, Whitfield	115 min
Aug 7, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	48 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.