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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 11, 2021Wilkinson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2021, 5:51 PM EDT for Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

County Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.

356 
WWUS82 KFFC 112151
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
551 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021
 
GAZ083-084-097-112215-
Wilkinson GA-Laurens GA-Twiggs GA-
551 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILKINSON...
NORTHWESTERN LAURENS AND EASTERN TWIGGS COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...

At 551 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Allentown, or 9 miles
east of Jeffersonville...moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...pea sized hail and frequent cloud to 
           ground lightning.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of 
           light...unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Dublin, Dudley, Danville, Montrose, Allentown, Chappells Mill and
Nicklesville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

LAT...LON 3255 8321 3258 8323 3257 8325 3260 8330
      3271 8323 3270 8294 3256 8291 3249 8310
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 284DEG 22KT 3263 8319 

HAIL...0.25IN
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, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	35 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.