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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jan 31, 2021, 9:56 PM EST for Wilkinson 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 31, 2021, 9:56 PM EST (02:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2021, 10:30 PM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 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 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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.
368
WWUS82 KFFC 010256
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
956 PM EST Sun Jan 31 2021
GAZ074-084-085-097-010330-
Wilkinson GA-Washington GA-Johnson GA-Laurens GA-
956 PM EST Sun Jan 31 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILKINSON...SOUTHERN
WASHINGTON...NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON AND NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTIES
UNTIL 1030 PM EST...
At 956 PM EST...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Irwinton to near Montrose...and moving east at 35
mph.
HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph...pea 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 these storms include
Dublin, Irwinton, East Dublin, Dudley, Toomsboro, Montrose, Chappells
Mill, Tuckers Crossroad and Nicklesville.
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 3250 8286 3250 8318 3253 8320 3284 8317
3284 8286 3269 8274
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 266DEG 32KT 3282 8313 3253 8315
HAIL...0.25IN
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, 9:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 31 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.