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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2017, 7:01 PM EDT for Bibb County, Crawford County, Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2017, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 50
Counties Bibb County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Jones County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
695
WWUS82 KFFC 042301
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
701 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2017
GAZ071>073-081>084-094-095-042330-
Peach GA-Wilkinson GA-Baldwin GA-Monroe GA-Bibb GA-Houston GA-
Crawford GA-Jones GA-Twiggs GA-
701 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN PEACH...WESTERN
WILKINSON...WESTERN BALDWIN...SOUTHEASTERN MONROE...BIBB...NORTHERN
HOUSTON...CRAWFORD...JONES AND NORTHWESTERN TWIGGS COUNTIES UNTIL 730
PM EDT...
At 701 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Dames Ferry to near Lizella to Horns...and moving
east at 15 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 these storms include
Macon, Gray, Roberta, Warner Robins, Centerville, Byron, Gordon,
Payne, Payne City, Postell, Lake Tobesofkee, Bradley, Wayside,
Mountain Springs, Griswoldville, Wesleyan, Skipperton, Arkwright,
Browns Crossing and Horns.
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 3263 8406 3265 8408 3286 8385 3304 8377
3318 8339 3317 8337 3317 8332 3287 8333
3266 8347 3261 8407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 259DEG 13KT 3299 8373 3278 8378 3266 8400
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, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 26 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.