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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 7, 20216 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2021, 12:29 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 46 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 7, 2021, 12:29 PM EDT (16:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2021, 1:15 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
40

Counties Dodge County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1540 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 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
1540 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

591 
WWUS82 KFFC 071629
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1229 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021
 
GAZ097-105>113-071715-
Toombs GA-Crisp GA-Dooly GA-Wheeler GA-Telfair GA-Wilcox GA-
Montgomery GA-Laurens GA-Dodge GA-Pulaski GA-
1229 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TOOMBS...EASTERN CRISP...
SOUTHEASTERN DOOLY...WHEELER...TELFAIR...WILCOX...SOUTHERN
MONTGOMERY...SOUTHERN LAURENS...DODGE AND SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTIES
UNTIL 115 PM EDT...

At 1226 PM EDT...a rain band associated with Tropical Storm Elsa was 
along a line extending from near Noble to near Hazlehurst to near 
Ashton...and moving northwest at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...up to 40 mph wind gusts and heavy rain. A brief tornado 
           is possible.

  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
McRae, Eastman, Abbeville, Alamo, Mount Vernon, Helena, Lumber City,
Rochelle, Glenwood, Milan, Uvalda, Pineview, Ailey, Rhine, Scotland,
Chauncey, Pitts, Santa Claus, Alston and Jacksonville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Motorists should
slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3178 8303 3181 8309 3181 8314 3185 8318
      3185 8361 3181 8361 3180 8365 3208 8378
      3224 8310 3216 8218 3191 8223 3197 8244
      3196 8250 3195 8248 3195 8249 3196 8253
      3196 8257 3192 8268 3178 8289
TIME...MOT...LOC 1626Z 137DEG 40KT 3178 8197 3183 8269 3174 8320 

WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 8:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Heard, Jones, Lamar, Meriwether and 5 more48 min
Jul 6, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Carroll, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry43 min
Jul 7, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach and 2 more38 min
Jul 7, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford, Macon, Peach, Schley, Sumter and 3 more47 min
Jul 7, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart, Talbot and 3 more61 min
Jul 7, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Pike44 min
Jul 7, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel34 min
Jul 7, 4:14 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCEmanuel31 min
Jul 7, 4:36 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCEmanuel24 min
Jul 7, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Dawson, Lumpkin, Pickens33 min
Jul 7, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Gilmer35 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.