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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2017, 6:43 PM EDT for Crawford County, Peach 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 8, 2017, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2017, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Crawford County, GA, Peach County, GA, Taylor County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
674
WWUS82 KFFC 082243
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
643 PM EDT TUE AUG 8 2017
GAZ069-080-081-093-094-082315-
Macon GA-Peach GA-Taylor GA-Upson GA-Crawford GA-
643 PM EDT TUE AUG 8 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MACON...PEACH...
TAYLOR...SOUTHEASTERN UPSON AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...
At 641 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Fickling Mill, or 7
miles northeast of Butler...moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Heavy rain...winds up to 40 mph...and pea sized hail
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
Fort Valley, Butler, Roberta, Marshallville, Reynolds, Saint Louis,
Nakomis, Hicks, Potterville, Knoxville, Howard, Lee Pope, Salem,
Horns, Carsonville, Wesley Church and Fickling Mill.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Motorists should
slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3257 8440 3268 8436 3268 8434 3272 8434
3274 8429 3275 8429 3276 8430 3276 8433
3280 8432 3275 8383 3273 8381 3239 8385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 276DEG 24KT 3265 8418
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 9:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 10:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 11:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 12:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall | 49 min |
| Aug 8, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Jefferson, Johnson | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Johnson | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 7:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Crawford, Taylor | 6 hr |
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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.