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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2020, 7:13 PM EDT for Emanuel 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 4, 2020, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2020, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
County Emanuel County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 883 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
090
WWUS82 KFFC 042313
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
713 PM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020
GAZ076-085-086-042345-
Jefferson GA-Emanuel GA-Johnson GA-
713 PM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON...NORTHERN
EMANUEL AND EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...
At 712 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was centered near Blundale, or
11 miles north of Swainsboro...moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...pea sized hail and frequent cloud to
ground lightning.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Wadley, Summertown, Blundale, Three Points, Moxley and Colemans Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
LAT...LON 3266 8236 3275 8250 3295 8239 3295 8227
3291 8228 3284 8232 3283 8230 3283 8226
3281 8225 3281 8220
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 219DEG 12KT 3275 8238
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...50MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 11:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Murray | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Candler | 15 min |
| Aug 4, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 27 min |
| Aug 4, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 32 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.