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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2026, 3:21 PM EDT for Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2026, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 1401 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 764 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
886
WWUS82 KFFC 071921
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
321 PM EDT Fri Aug 7 2026
GAZ002-071945-
Walker GA-
321 PM EDT Fri Aug 7 2026
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Walker
County through 345 PM EDT...
At 321 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Chattanooga Valley, or
9 miles east of Trenton, moving north 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...
Fort Oglethorpe, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga Valley,
Fairview, Chattanooga Valley, and Rock Spring.
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 3498 8527 3486 8526 3485 8521 3478 8526
3483 8545 3487 8544 3498 8536
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 198DEG 5KT 3489 8534
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, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 38 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, 3:30 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.