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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jan 1, 2021, 7:11 PM EST for Montgomery County, Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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, 7:11 PM EST (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2021, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
Counties Montgomery County, GA, Toombs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
877
WWUS82 KFFC 020011
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
711 PM EST Fri Jan 1 2021
GAZ111>113-020045-
Toombs GA-Wheeler GA-Montgomery GA-
711 PM EST Fri Jan 1 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TOOMBS...SOUTHEASTERN WHEELER AND
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EST...
At 710 PM EST...a strong thunderstorm was near Jordan, or 8 miles
south of Mount Vernon...moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...40 mph wind 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
Lyons, Mount Vernon, Vidalia, Uvalda, Ailey, Higgston, Santa Claus,
Alston, Center, Toombs Central, Ohoopee, New Branch, Ponderosa, South
Thompson, Rock Springs, Cedar Crossing, Johnson Corner, Jordan and
Charlotteville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Motorists should
slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3214 8220 3208 8220 3196 8253 3196 8257
3193 8259 3194 8260 3192 8263 3208 8274
3230 8236 3229 8228 3232 8223 3226 8222
3224 8221 3223 8221 3217 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 243DEG 38KT 3206 8262
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 7:18 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 27 min |
| Jan 2, 12:44 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Cherokee, Clarke, Dawson, DeKalb and 20 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 2, 11:17 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly and 26 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 2, 6:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 24 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.