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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 10, 2021Schley County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2021, 1:42 PM EDT for Schley County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 10, 2021, 1:42 PM EDT (17:42 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2021, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Schley County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:41 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1201 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

778 
WWUS82 KFFC 101742
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
142 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021
 
GAZ091>093-104-101815-
Macon GA-Schley GA-Sumter GA-Marion GA-
142 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN MACON,
SOUTHEASTERN MARION, SCHLEY AND NORTHERN SUMTER COUNTIES THROUGH 215
PM EDT...

At 141 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Walls Crossing, or
near Ellaville. This storm was nearly stationary.

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
Ellaville, Ideal, Andersonville, Putnam, Andersonville National
Historic, Murrays Crossroads, Bumphead, Fountainville, La Crosse and
Walls Crossing.

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 3219 8443 3235 8443 3236 8435 3237 8430
      3237 8425 3239 8425 3242 8414 3227 8412
      3219 8412 3217 8418
TIME...MOT...LOC 1741Z 330DEG 2KT 3227 8434 

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 10, 12:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	33 min
Aug 10, 1:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon	30 min
Aug 10, 1:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	23 min
Aug 10, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	32 min
Aug 10, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	30 min
Aug 10, 1:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	28 min
Aug 10, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	26 min
Aug 10, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon	32 min
Aug 10, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford	34 min
Aug 10, 2:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Taylor, Upson	40 min
Aug 10, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	37 min
Aug 10, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	34 min
Aug 10, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	30 min
Aug 10, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee	28 min
Aug 10, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	15 min
Aug 10, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston	53 min
Aug 10, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	37 min
Aug 10, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	34 min
Aug 10, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	33 min
Aug 10, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock	27 min
Aug 10, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	24 min
Aug 10, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Putnam	51 min
Aug 10, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock	33 min
Aug 10, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	25 min
Aug 10, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Hancock	41 min
Aug 10, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	33 min
Aug 10, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	30 min
Aug 10, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walton	24 min
Aug 10, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	34 min
Aug 10, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	31 min
Aug 10, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	30 min
Aug 10, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	36 min
Aug 10, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oconee	36 min
Aug 10, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Oconee	31 min
Aug 10, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Madison	40 min
Aug 10, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Towns	32 min
Aug 10, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	25 min
Aug 10, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	30 min
Aug 10, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Walker	44 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.