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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 20, 2021Bibb County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2021, 5:55 PM EDT for Bibb County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 20, 2021, 5:55 PM EDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
40

County Bibb County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 262 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1362 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
1362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

As transmitted.

827 
WWUS82 KFFC 202155
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
555 PM EDT Tue Jul 20 2021
 
GAZ082-083-094-095-202230-
Peach GA-Bibb GA-Houston GA-Twiggs GA-
555 PM EDT Tue Jul 20 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN PEACH...SOUTHEASTERN
BIBB...NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON AND NORTHWESTERN TWIGGS COUNTIES UNTIL
630 PM EDT...

At 555 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Middle Georgia
Regional Airport, or 10 miles south of Macon...moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph 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
Macon, Warner Robins, Centerville, Byron, Robins Air Force Base,
Marion, Bullard, Rutland, Fitzpatrick, Huber, Dry Branch, Skipperton,
Elberta, Franklinton and Middle Georgia Regional Airport.

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 3259 8376 3269 8377 3269 8374 3272 8376
      3271 8377 3274 8377 3285 8354 3275 8342
      3260 8344
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 253DEG 24KT 3268 8366 

WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 9:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta53 min
Jul 19, 10:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Heard, Troup6 hr
Jul 19, 10:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton6 hr
Jul 19, 10:22 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb4 hr
Jul 19, 10:31 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb2 hr
Jul 19, 11:09 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb98 min
Jul 20, 3:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 39 more19 hr
Jul 20, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock30 min
Jul 20, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton36 min
Jul 20, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan23 min
Jul 20, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes44 min
Jul 20, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Troup35 min
Jul 20, 7:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson6 hr
Jul 20, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Pike49 min
Jul 20, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson48 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.