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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 9, 2021Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2021, 10:41 PM EDT for Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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, 10:41 PM EDT (02:41 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2021, 11:15 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 50

County Putnam County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.

717 
WWUS82 KFFC 100241
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1041 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021
 
GAZ059-060-072-073-100315-
Putnam GA-Baldwin GA-Jones GA-Jasper GA-
1041 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM...
NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN...NORTHEASTERN JONES AND SOUTHEASTERN JASPER
COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM EDT...

At 1041 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Stanfordville, or 9
miles southwest of Eatonton...moving southeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...frequent cloud to ground 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 this storm include
Meriwether, Ethridge, Plant Harlee Branch, Resseaus Crossroads,
Stanfordville, Adgateville, Blountsville and Willard.

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 3321 8326 3320 8327 3319 8327 3304 8346
      3323 8368 3336 8355 3322 8327
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 305DEG 26KT 3324 8352 

WIND...50MPH

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 8:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	43 min
Jul 9, 9:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	45 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

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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.