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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 9, 2021Pulaski County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2021, 8:02 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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 9, 2021, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 40

County Pulaski County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 606 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1192 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.3

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The text

As transmitted.

510 
WWUS82 KFFC 100002
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
802 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021
 
GAZ095-105-107>109-100045-
Dooly GA-Houston GA-Wilcox GA-Dodge GA-Pulaski GA-
802 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN DOOLY...SOUTHEASTERN
HOUSTON...NORTHWESTERN WILCOX...SOUTHWESTERN DODGE AND PULASKI
COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT...

At 801 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms extended from near 
Elko to Ocmulgee Banks, moving southeast at 20 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
Hawkinsville, Abbeville, Unadilla, Milan, Pineview, Union, Browndale,
Cedar Creek, Mobley Crossing, Mock Springs, Pope City, Ocmulgee
Banks, Finleyson, Wallace, Five Points, Tippettville, Hartford,
Pulaski State Prison and Klondike.

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 3227 8377 3240 8351 3205 8303 3202 8306
      3197 8354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 309DEG 19KT 3228 8360 3217 8337 

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 9, 9:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	45 min
Jul 9, 10:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	34 min
Jul 9, 11:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	30 min
Jul 9, 11:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	22 min
Jul 10, 12:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	31 min
Jul 10, 1:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oconee	37 min
Jul 10, 1:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale	31 min
Jul 10, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	35 min
Jul 10, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	28 min
Jul 10, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	23 min
Jul 10, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	34 min
Jul 10, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	28 min
Jul 10, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	24 min
Jul 10, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Madison	34 min
Jul 10, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	27 min
Jul 10, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	23 min
Jul 10, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	35 min
Jul 10, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	25 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2021 Every special weather statement in 2021

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.