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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2021, 7:59 PM EDT for Baldwin 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 11, 2021, 7:59 PM EDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Baldwin County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1000 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
554
WWUS82 KFFC 112359
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
759 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
GAZ073-120030-
Baldwin GA-
759 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN BALDWIN
COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM EDT...
At 759 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Allenwood, or near
Milledgeville...moving west at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...frequent cloud to ground lightning and
heavy rain.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
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
Milledgeville, Midway-Hardwick, Coopers, Hardwick, Browns Crossing,
Allenwood, Pancras and Scottsboro.
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 3298 8320 3297 8324 3297 8336 3300 8338
3307 8340 3308 8340 3313 8336 3312 8319
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 093DEG 6KT 3304 8329
MAX HAIL SIZE...
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 11, 8:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 8:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 20 min |
| Aug 11, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 23 min |
| Aug 11, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 23 min |
| Aug 11, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 26 min |
| Aug 11, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 26 min |
| Aug 11, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 26 min |
| Aug 11, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 26 min |
| Aug 11, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 42 min |
| Aug 11, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 26 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.