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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 10, 2021Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2021, 3:11 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 10, 2021, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

County Putnam County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 113 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: 629 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 743 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

553 
WWUS82 KFFC 101911
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
311 PM EDT Sat Jul 10 2021
 
GAZ049-059-060-101945-
Morgan GA-Putnam GA-Jasper GA-
311 PM EDT Sat Jul 10 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN MORGAN...PUTNAM AND
EASTERN JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

At 311 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Central Georgia
Experiment Stn, or near Eatonton...moving southeast at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...pea sized hail and frequent cloud to 
           ground lightning.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of 
           light...unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Eatonton, Phoenix, Rockville, Rock Eagle 4-H Center, Central Georgia
Experiment Stn, Plant Harlee Branch, Harmony, Godfrey, Resseaus
Crossroads, Warfield 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.

LAT...LON 3331 8315 3328 8323 3326 8323 3326 8325
      3319 8327 3319 8329 3317 8333 3318 8335
      3317 8337 3318 8339 3318 8342 3336 8360
      3350 8347 3343 8325 3340 8324 3340 8321
      3338 8322 3339 8319 3333 8314
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 306DEG 10KT 3339 8347 

HAIL...0.25IN
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, 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, 3:17 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.