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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 23, 2018Wilkinson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 23, 2018, 2:21 PM EDT for Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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
Apr 23, 2018, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2018, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2018-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2018-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

986 
WWUS82 KFFC 231821
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
221 PM EDT MON APR 23 2018
 
GAZ084-085-097-231845-
Wilkinson GA-Johnson GA-Laurens GA-
221 PM EDT MON APR 23 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILKINSON...WESTERN
JOHNSON AND NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM EDT...

At 220 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Dudley, or 10 miles
west of Dublin...moving northeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph and pea sized hail. 

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of 
           light...unsecured objects. 

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Dudley, Montrose, Chappells Mill and Tuckers Crossroad. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.

LAT...LON 3251 8309 3257 8316 3279 8297 3278 8296
      3276 8296 3277 8293 3267 8278
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 236DEG 12KT 3258 8308 

HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 1:12 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade47 hr
Apr 23, 3:04 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCWalker13 hr
Apr 23, 4:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton60 hr
Apr 23, 6:10 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth18 hr
Apr 23, 8:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens, Treutlen31 min
Apr 23, 8:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson, Treutlen29 min
Apr 23, 9:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Treutlen65 min
Apr 23, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens34 min
Apr 23, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts37 min
Apr 23, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton28 min
Apr 23, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton31 min
Apr 23, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale31 min
Apr 23, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens25 min
Apr 23, 3:55 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHenry, Rockdale21 min
Apr 23, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Rockdale18 min
Apr 23, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens28 min
Apr 23, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan26 min
Apr 23, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson37 min
Apr 23, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan43 min
Apr 23, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens30 min
Apr 23, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair24 min
Apr 23, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair, Wilcox20 min
Apr 23, 5:12 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCGreene33 min
Apr 23, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Treutlen30 min
Apr 23, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair23 min
Apr 23, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb27 min
Apr 23, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene35 min
Apr 23, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel30 min
Apr 23, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan25 min
Apr 23, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones35 min
Apr 23, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel45 min
Apr 23, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam40 min
Apr 23, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler36 min
Apr 23, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs, Wheeler24 min
Apr 23, 6:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGreene, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam6 hr
Apr 23, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam32 min
Apr 23, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs45 min
Apr 23, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs28 min
Apr 23, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene37 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.