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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 11, 2021, 7:48 PM EDT for Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report 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
- May 11, 2021, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2021, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 40
County Twiggs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 8:02 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sse Bullard, GA | REPORT OF A TREE BLOWN DOWN AT HWY 129 AND ADAMS PARK 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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.
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WWUS82 KFFC 112348
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
748 PM EDT Tue May 11 2021
GAZ083-095-096-120015-
Houston GA-Bleckley GA-Twiggs GA-
748 PM EDT Tue May 11 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON...
NORTHWESTERN BLECKLEY AND SOUTHERN TWIGGS COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM
EDT...
At 748 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Bullard, or 10 miles
southwest of Jeffersonville...moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph...up to penny sized hail and frequent
lightning.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects. Lightning is one of nature's
leading killers. If you can hear thunder...you are close
enough to be struck by lightning.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Warner Robins, Danville, Robins Air Force Base, Marion, Royal, Coley
Station, Tarversville, District Path, Bullard, Porter and Cary.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Electrical
appliances should not be used unless in an emergency.
LAT...LON 3258 8360 3270 8349 3260 8324 3259 8324
3241 8340
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 305DEG 13KT 3261 8350
HAIL...0.75IN
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, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 29 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, 7:59 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.