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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 11, 2021, 4:31 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
- May 11, 2021, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Baldwin County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 774 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
891
WWUS82 KFFC 112031
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
431 PM EDT Tue May 11 2021
GAZ060-061-072-073-112100-
Putnam GA-Baldwin GA-Hancock GA-Jones GA-
431 PM EDT Tue May 11 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN PUTNAM...NORTHERN
BALDWIN...SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK AND NORTHEASTERN JONES COUNTIES UNTIL
500 PM EDT...
At 430 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Resseaus Crossroads,
or 10 miles south of Eatonton...moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...pea sized hail and frequent cloud to
ground lightning.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Milledgeville, Meriwether, Ethridge, Plant Harlee Branch, Underwood,
Resseaus Crossroads and Stanfordville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
LAT...LON 3316 8351 3329 8350 3328 8308 3305 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 286DEG 20KT 3319 8344
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 29 min |
| May 11, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Spalding | 26 min |
| May 11, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 26 min |
| May 11, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam | 39 min |
| May 11, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones | 23 min |
| May 11, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 26 min |
| May 11, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 37 min |
| May 11, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 23 min |
| May 11, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 23 min |
| May 11, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 27 min |
| May 11, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 46 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.