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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2021, 2:44 PM EDT for 9 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 61 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, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
Counties Bibb County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Marion County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Upson County, GA, Webster County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 958 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
603
WWUS82 KFFC 071844
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
244 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021
GAZ067-069>071-078>082-089>091-102-103-071945-
Harris GA-Stewart GA-Monroe GA-Marion GA-Meriwether GA-Talbot GA-
Muscogee GA-Chattahoochee GA-Lamar GA-Taylor GA-Bibb GA-Upson GA-
Crawford GA-Webster GA-
244 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARRIS...STEWART...
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE...MARION...SOUTHEASTERN MERIWETHER...TALBOT...
MUSCOGEE...CHATTAHOOCHEE...SOUTHEASTERN LAMAR...TAYLOR...WESTERN
BIBB...UPSON...NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD AND WEBSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 345
PM EDT...
At 241 PM EDT...National Weather Service doppler radar showed a
tropical rain band along a line extending from near Lake Tobesofkee
to Roberta, Butler, Buena Vista and Preston, moving northwest at 35
mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 mph isolated wind gusts and heavy rain. A brief
tornado cannot be ruled out, though the threat is low.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light, unsecured objects. Heavy rain will cause temporary
street flooding, especially in poor drainage areas.
Some locations in the path of these storms include
Macon, Thomaston, Lumpkin, Buena Vista, Butler, Talbotton, Cusseta,
Preston, Manchester, Richland, Waverly Hall, Woodland, Yatesville,
Junction City, Culloden, Geneva, Sunset Village, Fort Benning/Lawson
Army Air Field, North Fort Benning and Weston.
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 3192 8466 3200 8502 3218 8500 3220 8496
3222 8498 3222 8493 3226 8489 3232 8499
3244 8497 3266 8486 3298 8456 3299 8405
3279 8363 3274 8403 3238 8435 3240 8436
3243 8436 3243 8438 3242 8438 3192 8447
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 116DEG 29KT 3279 8373 3277 8404 3245 8434 3222
8447 3193 8449
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, 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, 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.