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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 27, 2021Ben Hill County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 27, 2021, 4:11 PM EDT for Ben Hill County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 27, 2021, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind: 40

County Ben Hill County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 97 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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 196 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 977 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

018 
WWUS82 KFFC 272011
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
411 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021
 
GAZ108>110-272045-
Telfair GA-Wilcox GA-Dodge GA-
411 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN DODGE,
SOUTHWESTERN TELFAIR AND SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM
EDT...

At 411 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over China Hill, or 14
miles northeast of Fitzgerald...moving northwest 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
Abbeville, Rhine, Jacksonville, Temperance, Browning, China Hill and
Five Points.

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 3178 8303 3179 8304 3179 8305 3182 8311
      3181 8311 3181 8313 3182 8314 3182 8315
      3185 8318 3184 8321 3185 8342 3211 8318
      3185 8292 3179 8297 3179 8299 3178 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 123DEG 22KT 3183 8306 

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 26, 8:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Peach	23 min
Aug 26, 8:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Schley	14 min
Aug 26, 8:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon	22 min
Aug 26, 9:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot, Taylor	31 min
Aug 27, 2:50 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White	7 hr
Aug 27, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	20 min
Aug 27, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington, Wilkinson	29 min
Aug 27, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Monroe	25 min
Aug 27, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock, Putnam, Warren	33 min
Aug 27, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	31 min
Aug 27, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Troup	26 min
Aug 27, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Jasper	36 min
Aug 27, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	35 min
Aug 27, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Clarke, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton and 3 more	29 min
Aug 27, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	36 min
Aug 27, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Clayton, Henry, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale and 1 more	30 min
Aug 27, 7:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton	11 min

Nearby

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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.