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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 9:16 PM EDT for Crisp County, Dooly County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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, 9:16 PM EDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Wilcox County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 542 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1232 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
847
WWUS82 KFFC 020116
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
916 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
GAZ104>106-108-020200-
Crisp GA-Dooly GA-Sumter GA-Wilcox GA-
916 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CRISP...SOUTHERN DOOLY...SOUTHERN
SUMTER AND WILCOX COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...
At 916 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Vienna to near Sumter...and moving southeast at
30 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
Cordele, Vienna, Abbeville, Rochelle, Arabi, Leslie, Pitts, De Soto,
Desoto, Cobb, Sumter, Lamar, Richwood, Croxton Crossroads,
Huntington, Seville, Drayton, Pleasant View, Tippettville and Raines.
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 3183 8384 3182 8385 3184 8386 3185 8394
3191 8392 3191 8426 3196 8434 3218 8377
3202 8329 3199 8329 3195 8324 3185 8351
3185 8361 3180 8362 3180 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 297DEG 24KT 3213 8379 3197 8421
WIND...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter, Webster | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 40 min |
| Aug 2, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 31 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.