Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 16, 2021, 7:49 PM EDT for Macon County, Schley County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
- Mar 16, 2021, 7:49 PM EDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2021, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
Counties Macon County, GA, Schley County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
502
WWUS82 KFFC 162349
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
749 PM EDT Tue Mar 16 2021
GAZ080-091>093-104-170015-
Macon GA-Schley GA-Taylor GA-Sumter GA-Marion GA-
749 PM EDT Tue Mar 16 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MACON...SCHLEY...
SOUTHERN TAYLOR...NORTHWESTERN SUMTER AND SOUTHEASTERN MARION
COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT...
At 749 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Putnam, or near
Ellaville...moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...frequent cloud to ground lightning
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
Ellaville, Oglethorpe, Montezuma, Ideal, Andersonville, Putnam,
Murrays Crossroads, Whitewater State Park, Fountainville, Rupert, La
Crosse, Draneville, Andersonville National Historic, Friendship,
Clearview, Doyle, Bumphead, Bartlett and Walls Crossing.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3206 8443 3213 8443 3213 8448 3224 8454
3246 8428 3239 8402 3218 8403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 244DEG 27KT 3221 8441
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 11:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 30 min |
| Mar 16, 10:04 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 3 days |
| Mar 16, 10:04 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 68 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:04 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 40 hr |
| Mar 16, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 33 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.