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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2021, 8:06 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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 31, 2021, 8:06 PM EDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
Counties Montgomery County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Wheeler County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 1917 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1320 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
336
WWUS82 KFFC 010006
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
806 PM EDT Sat Jul 31 2021
GAZ086-108>113-010030-
Toombs GA-Wheeler GA-Telfair GA-Emanuel GA-Wilcox GA-Montgomery GA-
Dodge GA-
806 PM EDT Sat Jul 31 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TOOMBS...WHEELER...TELFAIR...
SOUTHERN EMANUEL...SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX...MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHERN
DODGE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM EDT...
At 806 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Oak Park to near Antioch Church...and moving
southeast at 10 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
McRae, Lyons, Alamo, Mount Vernon, Vidalia, Helena, Lumber City,
Glenwood, Milan, Uvalda, Oak Park, Ailey, Rhine, Scotland, Higgston,
Santa Claus, Alston, Jacksonville, Towns and Ohoopee.
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 3181 8314 3185 8318 3185 8348 3188 8351
3238 8223 3235 8225 3217 8218 3202 8223
3196 8242 3196 8257 3193 8259 3192 8268
3184 8279 3178 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 298DEG 9KT 3229 8225 3188 8336
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 1:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 2:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 26 min |
| Aug 1, 2:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 3:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 3:29 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | Bibb, Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Emanuel and 14 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Peach, Talbot, Taylor | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Peach | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Macon | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 31 min |
| Aug 1, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley | 46 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.