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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 2, 2021Crisp County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 5:16 PM EDT for Crisp 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 2, 2021, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
50

County Crisp County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2573 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 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
2573 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

285 
WWUS82 KFFC 022116
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
516 PM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021
 
GAZ104-106-022200-
Crisp GA-Sumter GA-
516 PM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CRISP AND SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER
COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

At 516 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Doles, or 14 miles
west of Ashburn...moving northeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 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 this storm include
Cordele, Arabi, East Crisp, Fort Early, Georgia Veterans Memorial St
Pk, Raines, Tremont, Wenona and Hatley.

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 3181 8383 3183 8384 3182 8385 3184 8386
      3185 8394 3186 8393 3188 8393 3191 8392
      3191 8400 3203 8395 3203 8361 3181 8361
      3180 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 211DEG 17KT 3176 8389 

HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...50MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel50 min
Aug 1, 8:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter46 min
Aug 1, 9:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly, Wilcox44 min
Aug 2, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter, Webster49 min
Aug 2, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski52 min
Aug 2, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart42 min
Aug 2, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge46 min
Aug 2, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee39 min
Aug 2, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox48 min
Aug 2, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler41 min
Aug 2, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor40 min
Aug 2, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery44 min
Aug 2, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens50 min
Aug 2, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen31 min

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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.