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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 29, 2018, 4:13 PM EDT for Treutlen 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
- Jul 29, 2018, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2018, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 50
County Treutlen County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 704 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
688
WWUS82 KFFC 292013
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
413 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2018
GAZ086-098-112-113-292045-
Toombs GA-Emanuel GA-Treutlen GA-Montgomery GA-
413 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN TOOMBS...SOUTHERN
EMANUEL...SOUTHEASTERN TREUTLEN AND NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES
UNTIL 445 PM EDT...
At 413 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Oak Park, or 13 miles
east of Soperton...moving northeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...up to penny sized hail...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
Swainsboro, Vidalia, Stillmore, Oak Park, Nunez, Lexsy, Zaidee and
Normantown.
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 3242 8219 3235 8225 3235 8224 3230 8223
3228 8223 3220 8238 3238 8254 3257 8234
3244 8219
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 217DEG 6KT 3240 8237
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Jul 29, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler | 29 min |
| Jul 29, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 33 min |
| Jul 29, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 27 min |
| Jul 29, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 36 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.