Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2021, 4:10 PM EDT for Glascock County, Jefferson County, Washington 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 28, 2021, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
Counties Glascock County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Washington County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 873 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS82 KFFC 282010
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
410 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021
GAZ061-074>076-282045-
Jefferson GA-Washington GA-Hancock GA-Glascock GA-
410 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JEFFERSON...WASHINGTON...
SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK AND SOUTHWESTERN GLASCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM
EDT...
At 409 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Grange to near Warthen...and moving southwest at
5 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 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 these storms include
Sandersville, Louisville, Gibson, Davisboro, Tennille, Bartow, Avera,
Mitchell, Deepstep, Riddleville, Edge Hill, Edgehill, Hamburg State
Park, Shoals, Downs, Warthen, Linton, Grange, Stapletons Crossroads
and Agricola.
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 3283 8252 3301 8306 3303 8307 3306 8304
3308 8305 3306 8309 3335 8290 3331 8278
3327 8278 3326 8276 3326 8274 3327 8270
3327 8268 3314 8231
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 025DEG 6KT 3306 8255 3315 8286
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Johnson, Laurens, Twiggs | 27 min |
| Jul 27, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 27 min |
| Jul 27, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 30 min |
| Jul 27, 9:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 23 min |
| Jul 28, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 23 min |
| Jul 28, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler | 27 min |
| Jul 28, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 24 min |
| Jul 28, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 24 min |
| Jul 28, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 26 min |
| Jul 28, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 27 min |
| Jul 28, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Wilcox | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 36 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.