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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2017, 3:13 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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
- Aug 4, 2017, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2017, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 50
Counties Montgomery County, GA, Wheeler County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 427 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted.
605
WWUS82 KFFC 041913
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
313 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2017
GAZ110>112-041945-
Wheeler GA-Telfair GA-Montgomery GA-
313 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WHEELER...NORTHEASTERN TELFAIR
AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...
At 312 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Scotland, or near
McRae...moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 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 this storm include
McRae, Alamo, Mount Vernon, Helena, Glenwood, Ailey, Scotland,
Alston, Towns, Spring Hill, Landsburg, Jordan and Little Ocmulgee
State Park.
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 3201 8298 3229 8268 3230 8266 3230 8265
3212 8246 3210 8246 3188 8284
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 229DEG 28KT 3200 8285
WIND...50MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Jones | 29 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.