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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2021, 9:01 PM EDT for Crawford County, Peach County, Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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, 9:01 PM EDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2021, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Crawford County, GA, Peach County, GA, Taylor County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1363 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
292
WWUS82 KFFC 120101
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
901 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
GAZ071-080>082-093-094-120130-
Macon GA-Peach GA-Monroe GA-Taylor GA-Bibb GA-Crawford GA-
901 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MACON,
SOUTHWESTERN BIBB, SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE, PEACH, CRAWFORD AND CENTRAL
TAYLOR COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM EDT...
At 901 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was extending from
near Sandy Point to Nakomis. These storms were nearly stationary.
HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind...up to penny 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 these storms include
Fort Valley, Butler, Roberta, Byron, Marshallville, Reynolds,
Nakomis, Lake Tobesofkee, Jack Brown Estates, Russellville, Garden
Valley, Hicks, Musella, Potterville, Knoxville, Lizella, Powerville,
Lee Pope, Sandy Point and Horns.
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 3291 8382 3270 8373 3251 8383 3238 8409
3246 8431 3259 8424 3277 8406 3292 8402
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 245DEG 2KT 3271 8391 3255 8403
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75IN
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 11, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 9:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 26 min |
| Aug 11, 9:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Sumter | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 9:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 41 min |
| Aug 11, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Schley | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor and 1 more | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 10:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 11:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 34 min |
| Aug 12, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 30 min |
| Aug 12, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 33 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.