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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 7:47 PM EDT for Chattahoochee County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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, 7:47 PM EDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2021, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
County Chattahoochee County, GA
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
975
WWUS82 KFFC 092347
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
747 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
GAZ089-090-100015-
Chattahoochee GA-Muscogee GA-
747 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
MUSCOGEE AND CENTRAL CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT...
At 747 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near North Fort Benning, or
near Cusseta. This storm was nearly stationary.
HAZARD...40 to 50 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
North Fort Benning, Saint Marys Hills, Edgewood, Highland Park, Sand
Hill, Eelbeck/West Fort Benning, Vista Terrace, Benning Hills and
Benning Park.
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 3253 8469 3252 8469 3253 8466 3233 8468
3230 8489 3249 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 171DEG 3KT 3239 8481
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25IN
MAX WIND GUST...50MPH
$$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, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 27 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, 7:51 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.