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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 18, 2021Crisp County, Dooly County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 18, 2021, 9:34 AM EDT for Crisp County, Dooly 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 18, 2021, 9:34 AM EDT (13:34 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:34 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 174 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 583 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 480 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 83 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 398 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 542 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.6
Supercell composite: 5.7

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The text

As transmitted.

041 
WWUS82 KFFC 181334
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
934 AM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021
 
GAZ104>106-108-181400-
Crisp GA-Dooly GA-Sumter GA-Wilcox GA-
934 AM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CRISP...SOUTHERN DOOLY...
SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER AND WESTERN WILCOX COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM EDT...

At 933 AM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was centered near Cordele 
...moving northeast at 55 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
Cordele, Vienna, Arabi, Byromville, Pineview, Leslie, Pitts, Lilly,
De Soto, Desoto, Cobb, Richwood, Seville, Drayton, Pleasant View,
Tippettville, Raines, Double Run, Wenona and East Crisp.

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.

A tornado watch remains in effect. Continue to monitor NOAA Weather
Radio...weather.gov or other media outlets for further statements or
possible warnings on these storms.

LAT...LON 3183 8384 3182 8385 3184 8386 3185 8394
      3186 8393 3188 8393 3191 8392 3191 8407
      3193 8410 3223 8390 3213 8361 3212 8361
      3212 8357 3210 8351 3185 8346 3185 8361
      3180 8361 3180 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 1333Z 239DEG 49KT 3192 8387 

WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 17, 8:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Twiggs	29 min
Mar 17, 11:32 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Walker	12 hr
Mar 18, 12:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Paulding and 1 more	48 min
Mar 18, 12:23 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon and 4 more	7 hr
Mar 18, 12:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Stewart	31 min
Mar 18, 1:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Haralson, Paulding, Polk	29 min
Mar 18, 2:12 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Catoosa	22 hr
Mar 18, 3:21 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	47 hr
Mar 18, 4:09 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	FFC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more	16 hr
Mar 18, 9:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	33 min
Mar 18, 10:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	28 min
Mar 18, 10:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson, Laurens	32 min
Mar 18, 11:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	23 min
Mar 18, 2:38 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	3 hr
Mar 18, 7:13 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd	20 hr

Nearby

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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.