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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2021, 4:09 PM EDT for Bleckley County, Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 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 12, 2021, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Pulaski County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
030
WWUS82 KFFC 122009
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
409 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021
GAZ096-097-107>109-122100-
Wilcox GA-Laurens GA-Bleckley GA-Dodge GA-Pulaski GA-
409 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WILCOX...WESTERN LAURENS...
BLECKLEY...NORTHWESTERN DODGE AND EASTERN PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 500
PM EDT...
At 408 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms extended from near
Chester to near Cedar Creek, moving north 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
Cochran, Eastman, Hawkinsville, Chester, Dexter, Montrose, Dubois,
Gresston, Empire, Yonkers, Cedar Creek, Mobley Crossing, Roddy,
Baileys Park, Rowland, Ocmulgee Banks, Wallace, Goldsboro, Rebie and
Cary.
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 3221 8352 3257 8327 3260 8319 3242 8300
3191 8342
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 187DEG 16KT 3236 8314 3206 8341
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 12, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 37 min |
| Jul 12, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 51 min |
| Jul 12, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski, Wilcox | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 24 min |
| Jul 12, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart, Webster | 43 min |
| Jul 12, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 30 min |
| Jul 12, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Marion, Muscogee | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Peach | 52 min |
| Jul 12, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 44 min |
| Jul 12, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Macon | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Wheeler | 24 min |
| Jul 12, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup, Upson | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Troup, Upson | 34 min |
| Jul 12, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Jones | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 50 min |
| Jul 12, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup, Upson | 37 min |
| Jul 12, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jefferson, Warren and 1 more | 43 min |
| Jul 12, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Morgan and 3 more | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale | 46 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.