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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 4:33 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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 9, 2021, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Emanuel County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 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
- 1952 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 878 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
973
WWUS82 KFFC 092033
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
433 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
GAZ086-092100-
Emanuel GA-
433 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
EMANUEL, NORTHERN TOOMBS AND EASTERN TREUTLEN COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM
EDT...
At 433 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Oak Park, or 12 miles
north of Lyons...moving east at 5 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
Stillmore, Oak Park and Lexsy.
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 3235 8225 3235 8224 3232 8223 3229 8228
3229 8235 3232 8236 3234 8238 3234 8239
3236 8241 3239 8240 3243 8238 3246 8240
3252 8221 3242 8219
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 261DEG 5KT 3238 8234
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 9, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Murray | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 38 min |
| Aug 9, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 36 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.