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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 16, 2017Crisp County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2017, 3:21 PM EDT for Crisp County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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 16, 2017, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2017, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

County Crisp County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 182 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1253 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

412 
WWUS82 KFFC 161921
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
321 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2017
 
GAZ104>106-108-110-162000-
Crisp GA-Dooly GA-Telfair GA-Sumter GA-Wilcox GA-
321 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CRISP...SOUTHWESTERN DOOLY...
SOUTHWESTERN TELFAIR...SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER AND SOUTHERN WILCOX
COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

At 321 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from De Soto to near Ashburn to near Bowens Mill...and
moving northeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...frequent cloud to ground lightning 
           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 these storms include
Cordele, Rochelle, Arabi, Leslie, Pitts, De Soto, Jacksonville,
Desoto, Cobb, Lamar, Huntington, Seville, Drayton, China Hill,
Raines, Double Run, Wenona, East Crisp, Fort Early and Georgia
Veterans Memorial St Pk.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3178 8303 3181 8309 3181 8314 3185 8318
      3185 8361 3180 8361 3180 8380 3182 8385
      3184 8386 3185 8394 3191 8392 3192 8418
      3211 8409 3195 8346 3195 8324 3190 8320
      3195 8314 3195 8297 3179 8298
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 222DEG 13KT 3194 8407 3168 8367 3180 8316 

WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 8:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	50 min
Jul 15, 8:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren	39 min
Jul 15, 9:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren	35 min
Jul 15, 9:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock	55 min
Jul 15, 9:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren	62 min
Jul 16, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart, Sumter, Webster	56 min
Jul 16, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	25 min
Jul 16, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	31 min
Jul 16, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Washington	48 min
Jul 16, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	46 min
Jul 16, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski	35 min
Jul 16, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler	42 min
Jul 16, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	29 min
Jul 16, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	49 min
Jul 16, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston, Macon, Peach, Taylor, Twiggs	34 min
Jul 16, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	41 min
Jul 16, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer	36 min
Jul 16, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jones, Washington	65 min
Jul 16, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	33 min

Nearby

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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.