Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 6, 2016, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)

Expired

Aug 6, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT

In force

24 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

County Monroe County, GA

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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.

492 
WWUS82 KFFC 070036
SPSFFC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
836 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016
 
GAZ071-081-082-070100-
CRAWFORD GA-MONROE GA-BIBB GA-
836 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD...
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE AND NORTHWESTERN BIBB COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM
EDT...

AT 836 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 9 MILES SOUTH OF FORSYTH...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...UP TO 40 MPH WIND...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING 
           AND HEAVY RAIN. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT 
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF 
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S 
           LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU 
           ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. 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. ALSO...THE HEAVY 
           RAIN MAY CAUSE TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING OR ROAD PONDING 
           IN SLOW DRAINAGE AREAS. WHEN WATER COVERS THE 
           ROAD...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. 

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
RUSSELLVILLE...SANDY POINT...LIZELLA AND LAKE TOBESOFKEE. 

LAT...LON 3298 8403 3299 8384 3277 8374 3273 8402
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 333DEG 15KT 3290 8392 

$$

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.