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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2021, 10:09 PM EDT for Stewart County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 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 28, 2021, 10:09 PM EDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 50
County Stewart County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 372 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1344 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted.
839
WWUS82 KFFC 290209
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1009 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021
GAZ102-290300-
Stewart GA-
1009 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STEWART COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM
EDT...
At 1009 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Hawkinsville, or 12
miles north of Eufaula...moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...up to penny sized hail...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
Lumpkin, Richland, Troutman, Omaha, Charles, Kimbrough, Sanford,
Westville, Brooklyn, Louvale and Providence Canyon State Park.
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 3192 8491 3195 8496 3198 8496 3197 8504
3199 8504 3199 8507 3209 8504 3213 8506
3218 8501 3220 8496 3222 8498 3222 8493
3223 8492 3222 8480 3223 8480 3223 8465
3222 8464 3216 8465 3196 8464 3192 8466
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 281DEG 31KT 3207 8518
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...50MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 8:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall | 36 min |
| May 28, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 37 min |
| May 28, 9:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 33 min |
| May 28, 10:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee | 25 min |
| May 28, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 28 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.