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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 27, 2021, 4:20 PM EDT for Monroe 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 27, 2021, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Monroe County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 528 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 850 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
219
WWUS82 KFFC 272020
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
420 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021
GAZ069>071-081-082-272045-
Lamar GA-Monroe GA-Bibb GA-Upson GA-Crawford GA-
420 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN BIBB,
MONROE, NORTHEASTERN UPSON, NORTH CENTRAL CRAWFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN
LAMAR COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
At 420 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Russellville, or 10
miles south of Forsyth...moving northwest at 20 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
Forsyth, Yatesville, Culloden, Redbone, Bolingbroke, Collier,
Russellville, Johnstonville, Brent and Goggins.
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 3294 8374 3278 8387 3291 8422 3317 8402
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 119DEG 19KT 3288 8393
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, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Ben Hill | 34 min |
| Aug 27, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington, Wilkinson | 29 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.