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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 31, 2021Talbot County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jan 31, 2021, 7:32 PM EST for Talbot County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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 31, 2021, 7:32 PM EST (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Jan 31, 2021, 8:00 PM EST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
40

County Talbot County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 2021-02-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2021-02-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

058 
WWUS82 KFFC 010032
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
732 PM EST Sun Jan 31 2021
 
GAZ069-078-079-010100-
Harris GA-Upson GA-Talbot GA-
732 PM EST Sun Jan 31 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN HARRIS...UPSON AND TALBOT
COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EST...

At 732 PM EST...a strong thunderstorm was near Flint Hill, or 9 miles
northwest of Talbotton...moving east at 40 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
Talbotton, Manchester, Woodland, Pleasant Hill, Big Lazer Creek Wma,
Olive Branch and Po Biddy Crossroads.

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 3276 8483 3279 8469 3285 8461 3285 8457
      3286 8454 3285 8422 3262 8450
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 279DEG 36KT 3279 8464 

WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 31, 7:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot31 min
Jan 31, 8:22 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford38 min
Jan 31, 8:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach35 min
Jan 31, 9:14 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Twiggs31 min
Jan 31, 9:56 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson34 min
Feb 1, 4:29 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Murray30 hr
Feb 1, 4:33 AM ESTWind AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more38 hr
Feb 1, 3:00 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryFFCDawson, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White19 hr

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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.