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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2017, 4:19 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2017, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 50
County Emanuel County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 865 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
983
WWUS82 KFFC 042019
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
419 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2017
GAZ086-098-112-113-042045-
Toombs GA-Emanuel GA-Treutlen GA-Montgomery GA-
419 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN TOOMBS...
SOUTHEASTERN EMANUEL...EASTERN TREUTLEN AND NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT...
At 419 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Zaidee, or 8 miles
east of Soperton...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
Swainsboro, Vidalia, Stillmore, Oak Park, Nunez, Tarrytown, Lexsy,
Zaidee and Normantown.
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 3252 8215 3248 8218 3243 8219 3236 8225
3235 8225 3235 8224 3222 8244 3235 8259
3266 8227 3253 8213
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 226DEG 28KT 3234 8246
WIND...50MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 29 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.