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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 21, 2021, 5:52 PM EDT for Washington 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 21, 2021, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 50
County Washington County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
084
WWUS82 KFFC 212152
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
552 PM EDT Wed Jul 21 2021
GAZ073-074-084-212215-
Wilkinson GA-Washington GA-Baldwin GA-
552 PM EDT Wed Jul 21 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN WILKINSON...
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTIES UNTIL 615
PM EDT...
At 552 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Hebron, or 9 miles
west of Sandersville...moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 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
Sandersville, Tennille, Harrison, Oconee, Deepstep, Riddleville and
Hebron.
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 3278 8272 3279 8277 3280 8278 3280 8280
3281 8280 3280 8284 3284 8310 3301 8311
3304 8272 3290 8266
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 271DEG 20KT 3293 8297
WIND...50MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 42 min |
| Jul 20, 9:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 29 min |
| Jul 21, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 14 min |
| Jul 21, 7:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Sumter | 116 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.