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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 22, 2021, 4:10 PM EDT for Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 20 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 22, 2021, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Toombs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 772 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 840 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
028
WWUS82 KFFC 222010
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
410 PM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021
GAZ112-113-222030-
Toombs GA-Montgomery GA-
410 PM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN TOOMBS AND
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
At 409 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Cedar Crossing, or 7
miles northwest of Plant Hatch...moving east at 25 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
Uvalda, Alston, South Thompson, English Eddy, Center, Toombs Central,
New Branch, Grays Landing, Rock Springs, Cedar Crossing, Johnson
Corner and McNatt Falls.
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 3193 8226 3194 8228 3193 8230 3195 8231
3193 8231 3194 8238 3196 8238 3195 8239
3197 8244 3197 8248 3196 8250 3195 8248
3195 8249 3196 8254 3216 8247 3212 8220
3192 8223 3191 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 287DEG 20KT 3201 8243
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 22, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Douglas | 30 min |
| Aug 22, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Putnam, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 24 min |
| Aug 22, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren | 23 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.