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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 1, 2021Pulaski County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 7:29 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
40

County Pulaski County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 970 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted.

579 
WWUS82 KFFC 012329
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
729 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
 
GAZ107>109-020000-
Wilcox GA-Dodge GA-Pulaski GA-
729 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN WILCOX...WESTERN DODGE
AND SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

At 729 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Wallace, or 7 miles
south of Hawkinsville...moving southeast at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...40 mph wind 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 this storm include
Hawkinsville, Pineview, Wallace, Cedar Creek, Ocmulgee Banks and
Finleyson.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Motorists should
slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3223 8360 3229 8353 3218 8323 3204 8331
      3203 8346
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 317DEG 11KT 3218 8347 

WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler24 min
Jul 31, 8:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler30 min
Aug 1, 1:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade50 min
Aug 1, 2:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Fulton26 min
Aug 1, 2:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Fulton29 min
Aug 1, 3:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Henry, Rockdale51 min
Aug 1, 3:29 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryFFCBibb, Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Emanuel and 14 more17 hr
Aug 1, 4:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry29 min
Aug 1, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup51 min
Aug 1, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Peach, Talbot, Taylor51 min
Aug 1, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Peach45 min
Aug 1, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Houston, Macon36 min
Aug 1, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee39 min
Aug 1, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen36 min
Aug 1, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp49 min
Aug 1, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley46 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.