Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2017
Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2017, 4:29 PM EDT for Glascock County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 6, 2017, 4:29 PM EDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2017, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Glascock County, GA, Washington County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 942 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
887
WWUS82 KFFC 062029
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
429 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2017
GAZ074>076-062100-
Jefferson GA-Washington GA-Glascock GA-
429 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON...
WASHINGTON AND GLASCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...
At 429 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Warthen, or near
Sandersville...moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...up to penny sized hail and frequent
cloud to ground lightning.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Sandersville, Gibson, Tennille, Avera, Mitchell, Edge Hill, Edgehill,
Downs, Agricola, Warthen and Grange.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
LAT...LON 3292 8281 3304 8295 3324 8275 3332 8259
3313 8248
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 219DEG 29KT 3305 8281
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...50MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 35 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.