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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 11, 2021Macon County, Schley County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2021, 3:20 PM EDT for Macon County, Schley County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

Counties Macon County, GA, Schley County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 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, 7.3 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: 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.

547 
WWUS82 KFFC 111920
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
320 PM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021
 
GAZ080-092-093-095-104-105-111945-
Macon GA-Schley GA-Dooly GA-Taylor GA-Sumter GA-Houston GA-
320 PM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MACON...EASTERN SCHLEY...
NORTHWESTERN DOOLY...SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR...NORTHEASTERN SUMTER AND
SOUTHWESTERN HOUSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

At 320 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Whitewater State Park,
or over Oglethorpe...moving northeast at 30 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
Americus, Ellaville, Oglethorpe, Montezuma, Marshallville, Reynolds,
Byromville, Ideal, Andersonville, Dooling, Murrays Crossroads,
Whitewater State Park, New Era, Rupert, La Crosse, Pennington,
Clearview, Bumphead, Saint Louis and Fountainville.

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 3224 8436 3249 8429 3258 8406 3256 8405
      3255 8402 3254 8401 3252 8400 3251 8402
      3251 8392 3250 8392 3249 8388 3243 8381
      3221 8377 3208 8422
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 243DEG 26KT 3232 8408 

WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee	36 min
Jul 11, 1:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	64 min
Jul 11, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Schley	32 min
Jul 11, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon, Schley, Taylor, Webster	27 min
Jul 11, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Warren	29 min
Jul 11, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	46 min
Jul 11, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Candler	24 min
Jul 11, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	24 min
Jul 11, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield	44 min

Nearby

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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.