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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 7:06 PM EDT for Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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, 7:06 PM EDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Muscogee County, GA
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.
075
WWUS82 KFFC 012306
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
706 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
GAZ079-089>091-012345-
Chattahoochee GA-Marion GA-Talbot GA-Muscogee GA-
706 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHATTAHOOCHEE...NORTHWESTERN
MARION...SOUTHWESTERN TALBOT AND MUSCOGEE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM
EDT...
At 706 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Box Springs to Phenix Drag Strip...and moving
southeast at 15 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
Columbus, North Fort Benning, Bibb City, Upatoi, Fort Benning/lawson
Army Air Fld, Laurel Hills, Juniper, Vista Terrace, Columbus
Metropolitan Airport, Rose Hill, Oakland, Eelbeck/West Fort Benning,
Benning Hills, Avondale, Benning Park, Saint Marys Hills, Edgewood,
Flat Rock, Highland Park and Sand Hill.
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 3235 8500 3238 8497 3238 8499 3239 8497
3241 8498 3242 8496 3244 8497 3246 8500
3251 8500 3259 8480 3258 8470 3262 8469
3264 8465 3244 8450 3228 8492 3230 8494
3233 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 320DEG 15KT 3256 8469 3242 8509
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, 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, 7:29 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.