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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 5, 2021, 6:39 PM EDT for Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 66 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
- Jun 5, 2021, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Toombs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 938 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
383
WWUS82 KFFC 052239
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
639 PM EDT Sat Jun 5 2021
GAZ113-052345-
Toombs GA-
639 PM EDT Sat Jun 5 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TOOMBS COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM EDT...
At 639 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over South Thompson, or 7
miles southwest of Lyons...moving northeast at 20 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 this storm include
Lyons, Vidalia, Santa Claus, South Thompson, Center, Toombs Central,
Ohoopee, Ponderosa, Rock Springs and Johnson Corner.
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 3214 8220 3213 8219 3205 8230 3203 8245
3210 8246 3215 8245 3230 8228 3232 8224
3226 8222 3224 8221 3223 8221 3218 8219
3216 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 224DEG 16KT 3211 8238
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 24 min |
| Jun 5, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.