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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2021, 6:20 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 40 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 15, 2021, 6:20 PM EDT (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Houston County, GA, Sumter County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 636 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
970
WWUS82 KFFC 152220
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
620 PM EDT Thu Jul 15 2021
GAZ083-084-092-093-095>097-104-105-107-152300-
Macon GA-Schley GA-Wilkinson GA-Dooly GA-Sumter GA-Houston GA-
Laurens GA-Bleckley GA-Twiggs GA-Pulaski GA-
620 PM EDT Thu Jul 15 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN MACON...SOUTHEASTERN
SCHLEY...SOUTHERN WILKINSON...DOOLY...NORTHEASTERN SUMTER...
HOUSTON...NORTHWESTERN LAURENS...BLECKLEY...SOUTHERN TWIGGS AND
NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT...
At 619 PM EDT...strong thunderstorms stretched from near Americus to
Hawkinsville, Tarversville and Nicklesville, moving southwest at 20
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
Americus, Perry, Cochran, Hawkinsville, Vienna, Oglethorpe,
Jeffersonville, Unadilla, Montezuma, Dudley, Byromville, Pinehurst,
Andersonville, Danville, Montrose, Lilly, Allentown, Dooling,
Hayneville and Houston Lake.
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 8425 3253 8362 3277 8324 3279 8296
3247 8309 3244 8316 3245 8318 3240 8323
3232 8341 3206 8387 3201 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 035DEG 16KT 3208 8408 3239 8367 3263 8322 3271
8307
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 15, 1:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 23 min |
| Jul 15, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 52 min |
| Jul 15, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 37 min |
| Jul 15, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 50 min |
| Jul 15, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley, Sumter, Webster | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 40 min |
| Jul 15, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Webster | 48 min |
| Jul 15, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly, Pulaski | 41 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.