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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Feb 9, 2017, 1:42 AM EST for Bibb County, Twiggs County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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
- Feb 9, 2017, 1:42 AM EST (06:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2017, 2:30 AM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 50
Counties Bibb County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted.
401
WWUS82 KFFC 090642
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
142 AM EST THU FEB 9 2017
GAZ072-081>084-094-095-090730-
Peach GA-Wilkinson GA-Bibb GA-Houston GA-Crawford GA-Jones GA-
Twiggs GA-
142 AM EST THU FEB 9 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN PEACH...SOUTHERN
WILKINSON...SOUTHERN BIBB...NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON...EASTERN
CRAWFORD...SOUTHERN JONES AND TWIGGS COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM EST...
At 141 AM EST...a line of strong thunderstorms was extending from
Cross Keys to near Macon to near Jack Brown Estates...and moving east
at 45 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind and enhanced risk for downed trees.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects is expected. Trees can also
down more easily with already wet soil from previous
rainfall.
Some locations in the path of these storms include
Macon, Jeffersonville, Irwinton, Warner Robins, Centerville, Byron,
Danville, Allentown, Robins Air Force Base, Marion, Tarversville,
Griswoldville, Nicklesville, District Path, Skipperton, Jack Brown
Estates, Bullard, Rutland, Fitzpatrick and Ripley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.
LAT...LON 3271 8390 3281 8371 3290 8351 3275 8294
3271 8296 3250 8340
TIME...MOT...LOC 0641Z 290DEG 40KT 3286 8356 3280 8368 3274 8380
WIND...50MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 9:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 50 min |
| Feb 8, 10:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 29 min |
| Feb 8, 10:18 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 27 min |
| Feb 8, 10:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 36 min |
| Feb 9, 1:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Jasper, Putnam, Warren | 50 min |
| Feb 9, 1:20 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Peach, Taylor | 25 min |
| Feb 9, 2:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Pulaski and 1 more | 30 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.