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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT for Glascock County, Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 7, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Glascock County, GA, Jefferson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 428 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
The text
As transmitted.
292
WWUS82 KFFC 080030
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
830 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
GAZ074>076-080100-
Jefferson GA-Washington GA-Glascock GA-
830 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
GLASCOCK, NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES
THROUGH 900 PM EDT...
At 829 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Edge Hill, or near
Gibson...moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...pea sized hail and frequent cloud to
ground lightning.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light...unsecured objects.
Some locations in the path of this storm include
Gibson, Davisboro, Avera, Mitchell, Edge Hill, Edgehill, Downs,
Agricola, Grange and Stapletons Crossroads.
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 3315 8280 3328 8264 3309 8237 3291 8261
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 318DEG 14KT 3317 8266
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25IN
MAX WIND GUST...40MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 7:01 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Dade and 12 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 27 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.