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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 2, 2021Taylor County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 6:05 PM EDT for Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2021, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
40

County Taylor County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-223 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1149 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

380 
WWUS82 KFFC 022205
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
605 PM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021
 
GAZ079-080-091-092-022245-
Schley GA-Taylor GA-Marion GA-Talbot GA-
605 PM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN SCHLEY...TAYLOR...
NORTHERN MARION AND SOUTHEASTERN TALBOT COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

At 605 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Mauk, or 11 miles
north of Buena Vista...moving northeast 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 this storm include
Butler, Junction City, Howard, Marion Estates, Baldwinville, Rupert,
Charing, Prattsburg, Oakland, Wesley Church, Fickling Mill and Mauk.

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 3241 8465 3273 8442 3266 8416 3250 8414
      3240 8423 3240 8425 3236 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 234DEG 11KT 3248 8446 

WIND...40MPH

$$

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, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp44 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, 6:31 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.