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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 12, 2021Montgomery County, Toombs County, Wheeler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2021, 9:28 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Toombs County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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, 9:28 PM EDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2021, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

Counties Montgomery County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 184 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: 1804 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

074 
WWUS82 KFFC 130128
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
928 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021
 
GAZ110>113-130215-
Toombs GA-Wheeler GA-Telfair GA-Montgomery GA-
928 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TOOMBS...SOUTHEASTERN WHEELER...
SOUTHEASTERN TELFAIR AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM EDT...

At 927 PM EDT...strong thunderstorms extended from Lumber City to 
New Branch, moving north at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph, pea 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
Lyons, Mount Vernon, Vidalia, Lumber City, Uvalda, Ailey, Scotland,
Higgston, Santa Claus, Alston, Towns, Ohoopee, Horse Creek Wma, New
Branch, Spring Hill, McNatt Falls, South Thompson, English Eddy,
Cedar Crossing and Johnson Corner.

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 3179 8287 3204 8286 3227 8243 3229 8234
      3229 8228 3232 8224 3217 8218 3191 8223
      3194 8228 3194 8238 3196 8238 3195 8239
      3197 8244 3196 8250 3195 8248 3195 8249
      3196 8253 3196 8257 3193 8259 3192 8268
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 195DEG 11KT 3216 8206 3189 8278 

HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 8:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Madison, Oconee and 1 more	37 min
Jul 12, 8:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	49 min
Jul 12, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding, Polk	50 min
Jul 12, 8:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	50 min
Jul 12, 8:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe	47 min
Jul 12, 10:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler	31 min
Jul 12, 10:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Wilcox	31 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.