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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 7:29 PM EDT for Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Treutlen County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
929
WWUS82 KFFC 022329
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
729 PM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021
GAZ086-098-112-113-030000-
Toombs GA-Emanuel GA-Treutlen GA-Montgomery GA-
729 PM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN TOOMBS...SOUTHEASTERN
EMANUEL...EASTERN TREUTLEN AND NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL
800 PM EDT...
At 728 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Oak Park, or 12 miles
north of Lyons. This storm was nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph...pea sized hail...frequent 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
Swainsboro, Lyons, Vidalia, Stillmore, Oak Park, Nunez, Covena,
Lexsy, Zaidee, Gillis Springs and Normantown.
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 3252 8215 3248 8218 3242 8219 3235 8225
3235 8224 3228 8223 3224 8221 3223 8221
3219 8219 3226 8249 3241 8256 3253 8245
3255 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 270DEG 4KT 3237 8227
HAIL...0.25IN
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, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 50 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.