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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 27, 2021, 4:59 PM EDT for Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Wind
- 40
County Webster County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.
412
WWUS82 KFFC 272059
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
459 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021
GAZ102>104-272130-
Stewart GA-Sumter GA-Webster GA-
459 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
STEWART, WEBSTER AND SOUTHWESTERN SUMTER COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM
EDT...
At 459 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was near Pleasant Hill, or 10
miles north of Dawson...moving west at 30 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
Preston, Richland, Plains, Weston, Troutman, Kimbrough, Croxton
Crossroads, Centerpoint, Dumas and Leveretts.
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 3197 8444 3193 8444 3192 8446 3192 8467
3193 8468 3192 8469 3192 8475 3213 8470
3201 8429 3191 8431 3192 8434 3187 8434
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 098DEG 24KT 3192 8441
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, 4:20 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, 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.