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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jan 31, 2021, 9:14 PM EST for Bleckley County, Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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, 9:14 PM EST (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2021, 9:45 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Twiggs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
869
WWUS82 KFFC 010214
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
914 PM EST Sun Jan 31 2021
GAZ082>084-095>097-010245-
Wilkinson GA-Bibb GA-Houston GA-Laurens GA-Bleckley GA-Twiggs GA-
914 PM EST Sun Jan 31 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN WILKINSON...
SOUTHEASTERN BIBB...NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON...WESTERN LAURENS...BLECKLEY
AND TWIGGS COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM EST...
At 914 PM EST...a strong thunderstorm was over Robins Air Force Base,
or 12 miles northeast of Perry...moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph...up to penny sized hail 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
Jeffersonville, Warner Robins, Centerville, Dudley, Danville,
Montrose, Allentown, Robins Air Force Base, Marion, Tarversville,
Houston Lake, Royal, District Path, Goldsboro, Cary, Kathleen, Coley
Station, Bullard, Fitzpatrick and Ripley.
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 3248 8371 3277 8362 3273 8323 3254 8308
3245 8317 3239 8325
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 282DEG 30KT 3261 8361
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 7:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 28 min |
| Jan 31, 7:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 31 min |
| Jan 31, 8:22 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 38 min |
| Jan 31, 8:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 35 min |
| Jan 31, 9:56 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 34 min |
| Feb 1, 4:29 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 30 hr |
| Feb 1, 4:33 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 38 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:00 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 19 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.