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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Sep 16, 2021, 12:21 PM EDT for Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 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
- Sep 16, 2021, 12:21 PM EDT (16:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2021, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
County Telfair County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 1536 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
342
WWUS82 KFFC 161621
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1221 PM EDT Thu Sep 16 2021
GAZ110-161715-
Telfair GA-
1221 PM EDT Thu Sep 16 2021
...Heavy rainfall will impact portions of southwestern Telfair
County through 115 PM EDT...
At 1218 PM EDT, continued heavy rain was over Jacksonville, or 13
miles northwest of Broxton. The showers with heavy rain are moving
slowly to the north.
HAZARD...Heavy rain.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially
in poor drainage areas.
Locations impacted include...
Jacksonville, China Hill, Horse Creek Wma and Workmore.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.
&&
LAT...LON 3180 8308 3181 8309 3181 8310 3182 8311
3181 8312 3192 8314 3201 8298 3192 8279
3181 8284 3178 8286 3178 8289 3179 8290
3178 8292 3179 8298 3178 8299 3178 8301
TIME...MOT...LOC 1618Z 182DEG 2KT 3181 8298
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 24 min |
| Sep 15, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler, Wilcox | 30 min |
| Sep 16, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 62 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.