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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 24, 2020Schley County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2020, 11:10 PM EDT for Schley County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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
Jun 24, 2020, 11:10 PM EDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2020, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
40

County Schley County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 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 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 00:00Z on 2020-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 103 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 00:00Z on 2020-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
992 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

824 
WWUS82 KFFC 250310
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1110 PM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020
 
GAZ092-093-104-250345-
Macon GA-Schley GA-Sumter GA-
1110 PM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MACON...SOUTHERN
SCHLEY AND NORTHWESTERN SUMTER COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM EDT...

At 1110 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Shiloh, or near
Ellaville...moving northeast at 30 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
Americus, Ellaville, Andersonville, Andersonville National Historic,
Friendship, Clearview, Bumphead, Fountainville and La Crosse.

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 3206 8436 3216 8443 3217 8443 3218 8442
      3219 8442 3219 8443 3235 8418 3221 8400
      3219 8402
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 245DEG 26KT 3216 8433 

WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion30 min
Jun 24, 8:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Taylor26 min
Jun 24, 11:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Pulaski37 min
Jun 24, 11:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Houston, Macon, Pulaski42 min
Jun 25, 12:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp49 min
Jun 25, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Talbot25 min
Jun 25, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot33 min
Jun 25, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Peach, Taylor38 min
Jun 25, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Peach32 min
Jun 25, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot35 min
Jun 25, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley33 min
Jun 25, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley, Talbot, Taylor49 min
Jun 25, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge29 min
Jun 25, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot25 min
Jun 25, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens, Pulaski36 min
Jun 25, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee23 min
Jun 25, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly33 min
Jun 25, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot, Taylor45 min
Jun 25, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Sumter38 min
Jun 25, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris50 min
Jun 25, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair48 min
Jun 25, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon25 min
Jun 25, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart31 min
Jun 25, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon33 min
Jun 25, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter48 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.