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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2021, 6:39 PM EDT for Johnson County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2021, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 50
County Johnson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
985
WWUS82 KFFC 112239
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
639 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021
GAZ085-086-097-112315-
Emanuel GA-Johnson GA-Laurens GA-
639 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN EMANUEL...JOHNSON
AND NORTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...
At 639 PM EDT...an area of strong thunderstorms was centered near
Wrightsville...moving east at 35 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
Swainsboro, Wrightsville, Adrian, Kite, Spann, Donovan, Blundale,
Lovett, Norristown Junction, Dellwood, New Home, Meeks, Brewton and
Scott.
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 3250 8255 3251 8256 3251 8265 3249 8264
3250 8265 3260 8285 3277 8279 3278 8247
3276 8243 3278 8239 3261 8232
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 280DEG 28KT 3269 8267
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, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 30 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.