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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2021, 7:33 PM EDT for Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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 26, 2021, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Twiggs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
857
WWUS82 KFFC 262333
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
733 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021
GAZ083-084-096-270000-
Wilkinson GA-Bleckley GA-Twiggs GA-
733 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WILKINSON,
SOUTHEASTERN TWIGGS AND NORTHERN BLECKLEY COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM
EDT...
At 733 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over Danville, or 8 miles
southeast of Jeffersonville...moving west 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 this storm include
Jeffersonville, Danville, Allentown, Marion, Tarversville, District
Path, Bullard, Goldsboro and Cary.
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 3244 8349 3245 8350 3246 8349 3248 8350
3249 8349 3250 8352 3275 8350 3265 8318
3261 8318 3258 8323 3250 8318 3248 8318
3243 8349
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 090DEG 13KT 3257 8328
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 25, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 29 min |
| Aug 25, 8:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 25 min |
| Aug 25, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Douglas | 34 min |
| Aug 26, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 37 min |
| Aug 26, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Towns, Union | 15 min |
| Aug 26, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 34 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.