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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 1, 2021Taliaferro County, Warren County, Wilkes County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jan 1, 2021, 4:33 PM EST for Taliaferro County, Warren County, Wilkes County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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: Jan 1, 2021, 4:33 PM EST (21:33 UTC)
Expired: Jan 1, 2021, 5:00 PM EST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 50

Counties Taliaferro County, GA, Warren County, GA, Wilkes County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -202 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 389 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 491 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

095 
WWUS82 KFFC 012133
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
433 PM EST Fri Jan 1 2021
 
GAZ039-051-061-062-012200-
Taliaferro GA-Wilkes GA-Hancock GA-Warren GA-
433 PM EST Fri Jan 1 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TALIAFERRO...SOUTHEASTERN
WILKES...NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK AND WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EST...

At 433 PM EST...National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
line of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Washington
to Culverton...and moving northeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind and increased chance of a brief 
           tornado.

  IMPACT...While winds should result in minor damage to tree limbs 
           and blowing around of light...unsecured objects...the 
           leading edge of this line of storms has also exhibited 
           areas of localized rotation. A brief tornado could 
           quickly form.

Some locations in the path of these storms include
Washington, Warrenton, Sparta, Crawfordville, Norwood, Sharon, Camak,
Springfield, Ficklin, Cadley, Lundberg, Mayfield, Metasville, Floral
Hill, Holliday Park, Aonia, Powelton, Barnett, Rocky Creek Fire Dept.
and Mesena.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.

LAT...LON 3366 8251 3365 8252 3364 8256 3365 8258
      3363 8258 3364 8259 3363 8261 3363 8262
      3362 8262 3360 8265 3338 8254 3327 8303
      3378 8281 3388 8261 3386 8260 3387 8258
      3386 8257 3383 8260 3364 8248
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 243DEG 47KT 3374 8276 3333 8289 

WIND...50MPH

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 1, 1:26 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	FFC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Butts, Cherokee, Clarke and 47 more	9 hr
Jan 1, 11:14 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Troup	31 min
Jan 1, 11:32 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Troup	28 min
Jan 1, 11:48 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	27 min
Jan 1, 12:08 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette, Meriwether, Pike	37 min
Jan 1, 12:45 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Henry, Lamar, Spalding	30 min
Jan 1, 1:35 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion, Talbot, Taylor, Upson	25 min
Jan 1, 1:44 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton	44 hr
Jan 1, 2:01 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Crawford, Monroe, Taylor, Upson	29 min
Jan 1, 2:35 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Jones, Monroe	25 min
Jan 1, 2:50 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	15 hr
Jan 1, 2:57 PM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FFC	Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam	23 min
Jan 1, 3:04 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren	26 min
Jan 1, 3:28 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	32 min
Jan 1, 3:36 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Greene, Hancock, Putnam	24 min
Jan 1, 3:39 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam	22 min
Jan 1, 3:58 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Peach	32 min
Jan 1, 4:05 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock, Taliaferro	25 min
Jan 1, 4:30 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	30 min
Jan 1, 5:37 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Washington	23 min
Jan 1, 6:07 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Johnson, Laurens	23 min
Jan 1, 6:09 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson	36 min
Jan 1, 6:34 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson, Treutlen	41 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.