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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2021, 4:09 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 14, 2021, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Pulaski County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1490 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1011 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS82 KFFC 142009
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
409 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021
GAZ096-107-109-142045-
Bleckley GA-Dodge GA-Pulaski GA-
409 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN DODGE,
EASTERN PULASKI AND SOUTHWESTERN BLECKLEY COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM
EDT...
At 409 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Baileys Park, or 7
miles south of Cochran. This storm was nearly stationary.
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
Cochran, Hawkinsville, Dubois, Gresston, Empire, Yonkers, Mobley
Crossing, Hartford, Roddy and Baileys Park.
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 3234 8315 3221 8327 3217 8338 3224 8349
3237 8341 3242 8327
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 155DEG 3KT 3228 8332
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 13, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 27 min |
| Aug 13, 10:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Peach | 33 min |
| Aug 14, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 1:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 23 min |
| Aug 14, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 25 min |
| Aug 14, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 23 min |
| Aug 14, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 25 min |
| Aug 14, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 22 min |
| Aug 14, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 25 min |
| Aug 14, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 59 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.