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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Heard, Jones, Lamar, Meriwether and 5 more | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Carroll, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry | 43 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.