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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 22, 2021, 10:05 PM EDT for Laurens County, Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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, 10:05 PM EDT (02:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2021, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
Counties Laurens County, GA, Treutlen County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 371 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1078 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
964
WWUS82 KFFC 230205
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1005 PM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021
GAZ085-086-097-098-111>113-230230-
Toombs GA-Wheeler GA-Emanuel GA-Treutlen GA-Johnson GA-Montgomery GA-
Laurens GA-
1005 PM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAURENS,
SOUTHWESTERN EMANUEL, NORTHERN TOOMBS, TREUTLEN, SOUTH CENTRAL
JOHNSON, NORTHEASTERN WHEELER AND NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES
THROUGH 1030 PM EDT...
At 1004 PM EDT...a line of strong thunderstorms was extending from
near Minter to Soperton to near Oak Park...and moving southeast at
15 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 these storms include
Dublin, Lyons, Soperton, Mount Vernon, Vidalia, East Dublin, Adrian,
Oak Park, Ailey, Higgston, Rentz, Santa Claus, Tarrytown, Ohoopee,
Lothair, Covena, Cedar Grove, Rockledge, Norristown and Barnhill.
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 3215 8219 3214 8220 3212 8227 3227 8297
3246 8300 3267 8277 3257 8255 3239 8222
3235 8225 3235 8224 3228 8223 3224 8221
3223 8221 3218 8219
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 298DEG 11KT 3245 8284 3236 8257 3234 8226
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, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 34 min |
| Aug 22, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 7:49 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Butts, Clayton, Cobb, Crawford and 28 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 21 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.