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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2017, 9:13 PM EDT for Greene County, Taliaferro County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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
- Jul 8, 2017, 9:13 PM EDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2017, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
Counties Greene County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 633 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1325 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
159
WWUS82 KFFC 090113
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
913 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 2017
GAZ039-050-051-062-090200-
Taliaferro GA-Wilkes GA-Warren GA-Greene GA-
913 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TALIAFERRO...SOUTHERN WILKES...
NORTHWESTERN WARREN AND NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM
EDT...
At 913 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Union Point, or 7
miles northeast of Greensboro...moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph and heavy rain.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Washington, Greensboro, Crawfordville, Union Point, Woodville,
Siloam, Sharon, Ficklin, Cadley, Lundberg, Robinson, Daniel Springs,
Aonia, Rocky Creek Fire Dept., Lyneville, Raytown, Alexander Stephens
Park, Sandy Cross, Carters Grove and Barnett.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Motorists should
slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3364 8258 3361 8265 3348 8260 3355 8317
3371 8315 3370 8311 3371 8305 3369 8301
3372 8296 3371 8257
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 278DEG 25KT 3363 8308
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Washington, Wilkinson | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 23 min |
| Jul 9, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 29 min |
| Jul 9, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Monroe | 42 min |
| Jul 9, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 24 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.