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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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.
- 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
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.
| 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 1, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Wilcox | 44 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, 5:21 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 |
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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.