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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2021, 8:12 PM EDT for 11 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 48 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
- Jul 6, 2021, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
Counties Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Heard County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Pike County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Troup County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 383 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1261 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
530
WWUS82 KFFC 070012
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
812 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021
GAZ052>054-056-066>073-081>084-070100-
Fayette GA-Monroe GA-Coweta GA-Troup GA-Jones GA-Heard GA-
Meriwether GA-Pike GA-Twiggs GA-Wilkinson GA-Lamar GA-Baldwin GA-
Bibb GA-Upson GA-Crawford GA-Spalding GA-
812 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE...MONROE...
SOUTHERN COWETA...NORTHERN TROUP...JONES...SOUTHERN HEARD...
MERIWETHER...PIKE...NORTHERN TWIGGS...WILKINSON...LAMAR...BALDWIN...
NORTHERN BIBB...NORTHERN UPSON...NORTHERN CRAWFORD AND SPALDING
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...
At 810 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms extended from
LaGrange to Zebulon, Macon and Irwinton, moving north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 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 these storms include
Macon, LaGrange, Griffin, Milledgeville, Barnesville, Forsyth, Gray,
Zebulon, Franklin, Greenville, Irwinton, Senoia, Hogansville,
Grantville, Gordon, Ivey, Woodbury, Luthersville, McIntyre and
Milner.
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 3334 8439 3320 8412 3320 8384 3313 8381
3318 8345 3317 8333 3319 8326 3316 8312
3306 8310 3307 8304 3295 8307 3288 8305
3286 8301 3271 8295 3279 8347 3283 8402
3295 8434 3303 8520 3331 8526
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 160DEG 18KT 3302 8517 3306 8440 3285 8410 3286
8371 3274 8304
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Carroll, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler, Wilcox | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach and 2 more | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Macon, Peach, Schley, Sumter and 3 more | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart, Talbot and 3 more | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Pike | 44 min |
| Jul 7, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 34 min |
| Jul 7, 4:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 24 min |
| Jul 7, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Dawson, Lumpkin, Pickens | 33 min |
| Jul 7, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 35 min |
Nearby
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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.