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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2021, 3:36 PM EDT for Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 23, 2021, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Jones County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1211 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
167
WWUS82 KFFC 231936
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
336 PM EDT Fri Jul 23 2021
GAZ071-072-232000-
Monroe GA-Jones GA-
336 PM EDT Fri Jul 23 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN MONROE AND NORTHWESTERN
JONES COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...
At 335 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Jarrell Plantation, or
10 miles west of Gray. This storm was nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Heavy rain.
IMPACT...Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially
in poor drainage areas.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Plant Scherer, Jarrell Plantation and Dames Ferry.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.
LAT...LON 3309 8383 3313 8368 3295 8358 3293 8370
3295 8371 3295 8373 3294 8373 3292 8376
3292 8377
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 234DEG 0KT 3304 8371
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 31 min |
| Jul 23, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Twiggs | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 32 min |
| Jul 23, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 31 min |
| Jul 23, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 27 min |
| Jul 23, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Upson | 41 min |
| Jul 23, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 24 min |
| Jul 23, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 38 min |
| Jul 23, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 6:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 6:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:01 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 96 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.