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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Oct 4, 2021, 11:01 AM EDT for Harris County, Muscogee County, Talbot County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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
- Oct 4, 2021, 11:01 AM EDT (15:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2021, 11:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
Counties Harris County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Talbot County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:00 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 443 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
571
WWUS82 KFFC 041501
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1101 AM EDT Mon Oct 4 2021
GAZ069-078>080-089-041545-
Harris GA-Taylor GA-Upson GA-Talbot GA-Muscogee GA-
1101 AM EDT Mon Oct 4 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Muscogee,
southeastern Upson, Talbot, northern Taylor and southern Harris
Counties through 1145 AM EDT...
At 1100 AM EDT, a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Fickling Mill to Green Island Hills, and moving
east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Heavy rain.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially
in poor drainage areas.
Locations impacted include...
Columbus, Butler, Hamilton, Talbotton, Waverly Hall, Woodland,
Junction City, Geneva, North Fort Benning, Bibb City, Upatoi, Green
Island Hills, Juniper, Cataula, Columbus Metropolitan Airport,
Howard, Logtown, Mountain Hill, Benning Hills and Benning Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.
&&
LAT...LON 3286 8418 3279 8415 3269 8420 3268 8413
3268 8411 3257 8406 3256 8449 3255 8455
3252 8459 3253 8465 3251 8472 3246 8475
3237 8497 3238 8499 3239 8497 3243 8496
3245 8500 3252 8500 3259 8508 3271 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 1500Z 255DEG 8KT 3268 8410 3255 8501
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 11:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 4 days |
| Oct 4, 11:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 44 min |
| Oct 4, 12:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 6 hr |
| Oct 4, 12:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 44 min |
| Oct 4, 1:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Muscogee | 6 hr |
| Oct 4, 4:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall | 4 hr |
| Oct 4, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 24 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.