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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2021, 5:35 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 25 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2021, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Wilcox County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 5:38 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sse Tuckers Crossroad, GA | POWERLINES REPORTED DOWN AT THE 1100 BLOCK OF NORTH LAKE DR. |
| Mar 31, 5:41 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ene Yonkers, GA | THREE TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 257 NEAR NICHOLSON CARR ROAD BETWEEN RODDY AND CHESTER. |
| Mar 31, 5:47 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw East Dublin, GA | LARGE TREE REPORTED DOWN AND BLOCKING THE ROAD AT REX MILLER RD AND BOBBIE ST. |
| Mar 31, 5:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Dublin, GA | TREE REPORTED DOWN AT THE 600 BLOCK OF BELLEVUE AVE. |
| Mar 31, 5:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | East Dublin, GA | POWERLINES REPORTED DOWN ON PEARL ST IN EAST DUBLIN. |
| Mar 31, 5:51 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Cadwell, GA | TREE REPORTED DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 338 AND WHITTLE RD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS82 KFFC 312135
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
535 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021
GAZ074-083>085-096-097-105>109-312200-
Wilkinson GA-Crisp GA-Dooly GA-Washington GA-Johnson GA-Wilcox GA-
Laurens GA-Bleckley GA-Dodge GA-Twiggs GA-Pulaski GA-
535 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILKINSON...
NORTHEASTERN CRISP...SOUTHEASTERN DOOLY...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON...
NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON...NORTHERN WILCOX...WESTERN LAURENS...
BLECKLEY...DODGE...SOUTHEASTERN TWIGGS AND PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 600
PM EDT...
At 535 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from Toomsboro to near Royal to near Tippettville...and
moving east at 40 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 these storms include
Dublin, Cochran, Eastman, Hawkinsville, Abbeville, Wrightsville, East
Dublin, Chester, Dexter, Dudley, Cadwell, Pineview, Toomsboro, Rhine,
Rentz, Danville, Montrose, Allentown, Union and Spann.
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 3278 8263 3243 8294 3192 8320 3200 8371
3248 8344 3283 8306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 273DEG 35KT 3281 8305 3248 8340 3207 8363
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 7:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 9:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 29 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:08 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 9:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 27 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 45 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 4 days |
| Mar 31, 9:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 4 days |
| Mar 31, 9:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 49 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 9:44 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 71 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 9:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 44 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Paulding | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 11:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 1:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 1:31 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 21 days |
| Mar 31, 2:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 19 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 21 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 4:22 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 44 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:22 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll and 64 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Washington | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen, Wheeler | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 6:22 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs | 30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.