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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 20, 2021Taylor County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2021, 3:46 AM EDT for Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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 20, 2021, 3:46 AM EDT (07:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2021, 4:15 AM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA

County Taylor County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 252 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 340 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
252 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
651 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
340 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
516 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

As transmitted.

349 
WWUS82 KFFC 200746
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
346 AM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021
 
GAZ080-091>093-200815-
Macon GA-Schley GA-Taylor GA-Marion GA-
346 AM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MACON...NORTHWESTERN
SCHLEY...SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR AND NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTIES UNTIL
415 AM EDT...

At 345 AM EDT...National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong storm within a tropical rain band over Tazewell, or near Buena
Vista...moving northeast at 40 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
Butler, Tazewell, Rupert, Charing, Garden Valley, Hicks, Fickling
Mill and Potterville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.

LAT...LON 3232 8448 3241 8454 3267 8418 3245 8404
TIME...MOT...LOC 0745Z 245DEG 36KT 3238 8443 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris30 min
Jun 19, 9:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe25 min
Jun 19, 9:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen24 min
Jun 19, 9:32 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen28 min
Jun 19, 10:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion35 min
Jun 19, 10:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga38 min
Jun 19, 10:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson37 min
Jun 19, 10:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Taylor48 min
Jun 19, 11:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCChattooga10 hr
Jun 19, 11:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Peach28 min
Jun 20, 2:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Muscogee30 min
Jun 20, 2:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Stewart24 min
Jun 20, 3:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Stewart28 min
Jun 20, 3:22 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Schley, Taylor23 min
Jun 20, 3:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart27 min
Jun 20, 4:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley, Stewart, Webster28 min
Jun 20, 4:12 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCMacon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Webster33 min
Jun 20, 5:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Sumter24 min
Jun 20, 6:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock, Warren36 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.