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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 19, 2021Montgomery County, Wheeler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2021, 3:20 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Wheeler 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 19, 2021, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
50

Counties Montgomery County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 795 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
795 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

431 
WWUS82 KFFC 191920
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
320 PM EDT Mon Jul 19 2021
 
GAZ111-112-191945-
Wheeler GA-Montgomery GA-
320 PM EDT Mon Jul 19 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WHEELER AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES
UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

At 319 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Glenwood, or near
Mount Vernon...moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind 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
Mount Vernon, Glenwood, Uvalda, Ailey, Higgston, Alston and
Landsburg.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Motorists should
slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3208 8277 3223 8276 3226 8244 3204 8247
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 266DEG 21KT 3215 8267 

WIND...50MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones48 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.