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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2017, 11:03 AM EDT for Twiggs County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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 9, 2017, 11:03 AM EDT (15:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2017, 11:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Twiggs County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:06 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
398
WWUS82 KFFC 091503
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1103 AM EDT WED AUG 9 2017
GAZ083-084-091545-
Wilkinson GA-Twiggs GA-
1103 AM EDT WED AUG 9 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WILKINSON AND TWIGGS COUNTIES
UNTIL 1145 AM EDT...
At 1103 AM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Irwinton...moving
east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Heavy rain.
IMPACT...Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially
in poor drainage areas.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Jeffersonville, Irwinton, Gordon, Ivey, McIntyre, Toomsboro, Marion,
Myricks Mill, Fitzpatrick, Nicklesville and Ripley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3271 8296 3262 8315 3262 8349 3288 8344
3293 8306 3288 8305 3288 8304 3286 8303
3285 8299 3284 8297 3282 8297 3280 8295
3276 8296 3275 8294
TIME...MOT...LOC 1503Z 283DEG 13KT 3277 8327
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 5:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 59 min |
| Aug 9, 5:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren | 56 min |
| Aug 9, 6:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 64 min |
| Aug 9, 7:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam, Warren | 67 min |
| Aug 9, 7:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 24 hr |
| Aug 9, 7:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale | 55 min |
| Aug 9, 7:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 9:25 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 24 hr |
| Aug 9, 9:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 54 min |
| Aug 9, 9:43 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 24 hr |
| Aug 9, 10:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 12:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Emanuel, Laurens, Treutlen | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Emanuel, Laurens, Treutlen | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Sumter, Webster | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Troup | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 25 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.