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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 28, 2021Stewart County, Georgia

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2021-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 372 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2021-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 8:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Hall36 min
May 28, 9:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton, Rockdale37 min
May 28, 9:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee33 min
May 28, 10:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee25 min
May 28, 11:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Twiggs, Wilkinson28 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.