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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 14, 2021Taliaferro County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2021, 6:52 PM EDT for Taliaferro County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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 14, 2021, 6:52 PM EDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2021, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
40

County Taliaferro County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2021-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 106 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 2021-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1101 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

497 
WWUS82 KFFC 142252
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
652 PM EDT Wed Jul 14 2021
 
GAZ038-039-050-051-142315-
Taliaferro GA-Wilkes GA-Oglethorpe GA-Greene GA-
652 PM EDT Wed Jul 14 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN TALIAFERRO...
SOUTHWESTERN WILKES...SOUTHERN OGLETHORPE AND NORTHEASTERN GREENE
COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

At 652 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Daniel Springs, or 11
miles northwest of Crawfordville...moving east at 15 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
Union Point, Woodville, Robinson, Lyneville, Philomath, Carters Grove
and Daniel Springs.

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 3365 8318 3380 8308 3375 8284 3355 8298
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 290DEG 11KT 3368 8303 

WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike26 min
Jul 14, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot25 min
Jul 14, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp23 min
Jul 14, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot30 min
Jul 14, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp28 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.