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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 11, 2021Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2021, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 50

County Laurens County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 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.

550 
WWUS82 KFFC 112215
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
615 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021
 
GAZ097-112245-
Laurens GA-
615 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTY UNTIL
645 PM EDT...

At 615 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Chappells Mill, or 7
miles north of Dublin...moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 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
Dublin, East Dublin, Lovett, Brewton and Minter. 

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 3245 8289 3260 8309 3270 8298 3265 8277
      3261 8267 3252 8267 3252 8266 3249 8266
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 280DEG 20KT 3264 8295 

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, 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, 6:39 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.