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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2017, 8:21 PM EDT for Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2017, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2017, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 50
County Jones County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Brooks, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 18 AND BOB MARTIN ROAD. |
| Jul 7, 8:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Ivey, GA | A TREE FELL ON LAKESHORE DR KNOCKING DOWN POWER LINES AS WELL. |
| Jul 7, 8:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Ivey, GA | A TREE FELL ON SOUTH LAKESHORE DR NEAR FALL LINE FREEWAY KNOCKING DOWN POWER LINES AS WELL. |
| Jul 7, 8:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Ivey, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON LAKESHORE DR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 845 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1220 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
645
WWUS82 KFFC 080021
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
821 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017
GAZ072-073-084-080045-
Wilkinson GA-Baldwin GA-Jones GA-
821 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN WILKINSON...
SOUTHWESTERN BALDWIN AND JONES COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT...
At 820 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was centered 6 miles west of
Gray. Another strong storm was located 3 miles east-
southeast of Gray. Both storms were moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...up to penny sized hail and frequent
cloud to ground lightning.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Milledgeville, Gray, Gordon, Ivey, Postell, James, Bradley, Coopers,
Mountain Springs, Haddock, Pancras, Greenberry Crossroads, Clinton
and Browns Crossing.
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 3287 8331 3288 8339 3290 8341 3288 8344
3290 8368 3303 8369 3311 8331 3299 8324
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 265DEG 12KT 3296 8362
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...50MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 23 min |
| Jul 7, 8:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 24 min |
| Jul 7, 9:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 24 min |
| Jul 7, 9:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 23 min |
| Jul 7, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 23 min |
| Jul 8, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 23 min |
| Jul 8, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington, Wilkinson | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.