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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 9, 202118 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2021, 4:40 PM EDT for 18 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 9, 2021, 4:40 PM EDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 40

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Butts County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Pike County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Upson County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 9, 5:09 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sse Toomsboro, GA	A TREE WAS DOWNED ON OLD BALLS FERRY ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 112.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 101 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 785 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 638 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

226 
WWUS82 KFFC 092040
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
440 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021
 
GAZ056-058>062-067>076-081>086-097-092130-
Butts GA-Washington GA-Putnam GA-Monroe GA-Hancock GA-Glascock GA-
Emanuel GA-Jones GA-Jasper GA-Meriwether GA-Pike GA-Twiggs GA-
Wilkinson GA-Jefferson GA-Lamar GA-Baldwin GA-Bibb GA-Warren GA-
Johnson GA-Upson GA-Crawford GA-Spalding GA-Laurens GA-
440 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BUTTS...WASHINGTON...SOUTHERN
PUTNAM...MONROE...HANCOCK...GLASCOCK...EMANUEL...JONES...SOUTHERN
JASPER...MERIWETHER...PIKE...NORTHERN TWIGGS...WILKINSON...
JEFFERSON...LAMAR...BALDWIN...BIBB...SOUTHEASTERN WARREN...JOHNSON...
UPSON...NORTHERN CRAWFORD...SPALDING AND NORTHEASTERN LAURENS
COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

At 438 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms extended from near 
Greenville to Gray, Wrightsville and Wrens, moving southeast at 40 
mph.

  HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph, up to penny sized hail, frequent 
           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, Griffin, Milledgeville, Thomaston, Swainsboro, Barnesville,
Eatonton, Sandersville, Jackson, Forsyth, Gray, Monticello,
Louisville, Wrightsville, Sparta, Zebulon, Jeffersonville,
Greenville, Gibson and Irwinton.

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 3248 8226 3259 8266 3281 8440 3288 8450
      3285 8457 3286 8474 3287 8477 3322 8476
      3322 8451 3331 8439 3333 8415 3330 8411
      3333 8404 3329 8230 3323 8223 3284 8232
      3281 8215 3261 8201
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 292DEG 35KT 3309 8451 3302 8365 3277 8272 3310
8226

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan, Newton, Rockdale, Walton	48 min
Jul 8, 9:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale	49 min
Jul 9, 11:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Whitfield	22 min
Jul 9, 11:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray	43 min
Jul 9, 12:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer	31 min
Jul 9, 12:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	36 min
Jul 9, 1:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	29 min
Jul 9, 1:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	36 min
Jul 9, 1:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	36 min
Jul 9, 1:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	33 min
Jul 9, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	38 min
Jul 9, 1:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Walker, Whitfield	31 min
Jul 9, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon	34 min
Jul 9, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton	27 min
Jul 9, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	8 min
Jul 9, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan, Oconee	47 min
Jul 9, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Paulding, Pickens and 1 more	27 min
Jul 9, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Oglethorpe, Wilkes	24 min
Jul 9, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton and 2 more	35 min
Jul 9, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Gwinnett, Walton	28 min
Jul 9, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett	27 min
Jul 9, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren and 1 more	24 min
Jul 9, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry, Newton, Rockdale	19 min
Jul 9, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Henry, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale and 1 more	36 min
Jul 9, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton	28 min
Jul 9, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock, Putnam, Warren	32 min
Jul 9, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Jasper, Spalding	41 min
Jul 9, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Putnam	45 min
Jul 9, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson	40 min
Jul 9, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson, Treutlen	40 min
Jul 9, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Crawford	11 min
Jul 9, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Laurens, Peach, Twiggs and 1 more	46 min
Jul 9, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Toombs, Treutlen	34 min
Jul 9, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Crawford, Dodge, Houston, Laurens, Montgomery and 6 more	62 min
Jul 9, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair, Wilcox	65 min
Jul 9, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	46 min
Jul 9, 7:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Pulaski, Wheeler	34 min
Jul 9, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee	26 min
Jul 9, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Macon, Marion, Schley	46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.