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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 5:39 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 51 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
- Aug 1, 2021, 5:39 PM EDT (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Crawford County, GA, Peach County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 970 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
469
WWUS82 KFFC 012139
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
539 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
GAZ069-079>081-094-012230-
Peach GA-Taylor GA-Upson GA-Crawford GA-Talbot GA-
539 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEACH...TAYLOR...SOUTHEASTERN
UPSON...CRAWFORD AND TALBOT COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...
At 538 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms extending from near
F.d. Roosevelt State Park to Musella...and moving southeast at 30
mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...pea sized hail and frequent cloud to
ground lightning.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects.
Some locations in the path of these storms include
Fort Valley, Butler, Roberta, Talbotton, Byron, Reynolds, Woodland,
Junction City, Nakomis, Howard, Powerville, Salem, Prattsburg, Horns,
Big Lazer Creek Wma, Wesley Church, Fickling Mill, Miami Valley,
Baldwinville and Olive Branch.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
LAT...LON 3272 8468 3283 8469 3281 8400 3265 8372
3264 8373 3261 8371 3252 8372 3253 8375
3251 8375 3252 8400 3253 8400 3252 8405
3254 8445 3256 8445 3256 8449 3255 8450
3270 8470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 306DEG 25KT 3280 8475 3277 8403
HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 24 min |
| 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, 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.