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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 6:40 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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, 6:40 PM EDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2021, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Laurens County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
960
WWUS82 KFFC 022240
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
640 PM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021
GAZ097-022330-
Laurens GA-
640 PM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTY UNTIL
730 PM EDT...
At 640 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Harlow, or near
Dublin...moving east 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
Dublin, East Dublin, Rentz, Harlow, Rockledge, Brewton, Lowery and
Minter.
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 3237 8301 3252 8301 3262 8273 3248 8268
3232 8275
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 271DEG 15KT 3247 8295
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 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, 5:16 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, 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.