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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 11, 2021Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2021, 5:40 PM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 11, 2021, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 50

County Washington County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 145 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 180 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

660 
WWUS82 KFFC 112140
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
540 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021
 
GAZ061-074-084-112215-
Wilkinson GA-Washington GA-Hancock GA-
540 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN WILKINSON...WESTERN
WASHINGTON AND SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...

At 540 PM EDT...National Weather Service doppler radar indicated
strong winds ahead of a line of thunderstorms along a line extending
from Linton to Deepstep to near Toomsboro...and moving east at 30
mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind preceding rain or lightning.

  IMPACT...Strong winds will occur before any rain or lightning. Do 
           not wait for the sound of thunder before taking cover. 
           Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of 
           light...unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of these storms include
Sandersville, Tennille, Oconee, Deepstep, Warthen, Hebron and Linton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.

LAT...LON 3283 8283 3290 8316 3297 8310 3295 8307
      3297 8307 3297 8306 3299 8305 3303 8307
      3307 8304 3308 8305 3306 8307 3307 8308
      3312 8308 3317 8281 3301 8271
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 270DEG 25KT 3311 8302 3302 8298 3290 8308 

WIND...50MPH

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	34 min
Jun 11, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Fayette	22 min
Jun 11, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	30 min
Jun 11, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	25 min
Jun 11, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	30 min
Jun 11, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	19 min
Jun 11, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	33 min
Jun 11, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	27 min
Jun 11, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	26 min
Jun 11, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion, Webster	36 min
Jun 11, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston	34 min
Jun 11, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	26 min
Jun 11, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	28 min
Jun 11, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	24 min
Jun 11, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	27 min
Jun 11, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	30 min
Jun 11, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	36 min
Jun 11, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	23 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.