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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 2, 2021Montgomery County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 6:31 PM EDT for Montgomery 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, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2021, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
50

County Montgomery County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1472 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 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
1472 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
815 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 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.

122 
WWUS82 KFFC 022231
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
631 PM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021
 
GAZ111>113-022315-
Toombs GA-Wheeler GA-Montgomery GA-
631 PM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN TOOMBS...NORTHEASTERN
WHEELER AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

At 631 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Jordan, or near Mount
Vernon...moving east 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
Mount Vernon, Vidalia, Glenwood, Uvalda, Ailey, Higgston, Alston,
Center, Rock Springs, Jordan and Charlotteville.

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 3203 8271 3222 8269 3223 8240 3209 8238
      3199 8244
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 271DEG 15KT 3211 8264 

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, 5:16 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, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor40 min
Aug 2, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens50 min
Aug 2, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen31 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.