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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 11, 2021Schley County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2021, 2:13 PM EDT for Schley County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 11, 2021, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
40

County Schley County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 51 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

353 
WWUS82 KFFC 111813
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
213 PM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021
 
GAZ091-092-103-104-111845-
Schley GA-Sumter GA-Marion GA-Webster GA-
213 PM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN SCHLEY...
NORTHWESTERN SUMTER...SOUTHEASTERN MARION AND WEBSTER COUNTIES UNTIL
245 PM EDT...

At 213 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Church Hill, or near
Preston...moving northeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Up to 40 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
Preston, Putnam, Seminole, Friendship, Doyle, Church Hill, Draneville
and Walls Crossing.

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 3206 8458 3215 8464 3231 8441 3214 8428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 239DEG 15KT 3212 8454 

WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee36 min
Jul 11, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee64 min
Jul 11, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Schley, Taylor, Webster27 min
Jul 11, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren29 min
Jul 11, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Schley25 min
Jul 11, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson46 min
Jul 11, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCandler24 min
Jul 11, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel24 min
Jul 11, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield44 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.