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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 19, 2021Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2021, 4:42 PM EDT for Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 19, 2021, 4:42 PM EDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 117 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

978 
WWUS82 KFFC 192042
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
442 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021
 
GAZ107-108-192115-
Wilcox GA-Pulaski GA-
442 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN WILCOX AND SOUTHERN
PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT...

At 441 PM EDT...National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a 
strong storm within a tropical rain band near Rochelle, moving north 
at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...enhanced risk of a brief tornado.

  IMPACT...Storms embedded within a tropical rainband have exhibited 
           localized rotation. A brief tornado could quickly form.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Rochelle, Pineview, Pope City, Cedar Creek, Ocmulgee Banks and
Finleyson.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.

LAT...LON 3220 8360 3218 8329 3215 8332 3213 8331
      3211 8334 3210 8332 3209 8332 3193 8340
      3193 8349
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 183DEG 16KT 3196 8346 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 11:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor30 min
Jun 19, 11:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Macon, Sumter, Taylor26 min
Jun 19, 12:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson37 min
Jun 19, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart, Webster46 min
Jun 19, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge29 min
Jun 19, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge28 min
Jun 19, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley33 min
Jun 19, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs31 min
Jun 19, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor37 min
Jun 19, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs25 min
Jun 19, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs35 min
Jun 19, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor34 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.