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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2017, 3:13 PM EDT for Marion County, Taylor 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 7, 2017, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2017, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
Counties Marion County, GA, Taylor County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
228
WWUS82 KFFC 071913
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
313 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2017
GAZ080-091>093-071945-
Macon GA-Schley GA-Taylor GA-Marion GA-
313 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN MACON...NORTHWESTERN
SCHLEY...SOUTHWESTERN TAYLOR AND NORTHERN MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 345
PM EDT...
At 313 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Tazewell, or near
Buena Vista...moving east at 25 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 this storm include
Buena Vista, Butler, Brantley, Murrays Crossroads, Tazewell, Doyle,
Rupert, Charing, Oakland and Mauk.
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 3228 8454 3245 8461 3262 8423 3248 8416
3229 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 250DEG 21KT 3240 8450
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Spalding | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 9:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Pickens | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 9:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 10:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 11:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe and 1 more | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Murray | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 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.