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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Oct 4, 2021, 11:46 AM EDT for Muscogee 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, 11:46 AM EDT (15:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2021, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
County Muscogee County, GA
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 93 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.
553
WWUS82 KFFC 041546
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1146 AM EDT Mon Oct 4 2021
GAZ078-079-089-090-041630-
Chattahoochee GA-Harris GA-Talbot GA-Muscogee GA-
1146 AM EDT Mon Oct 4 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northern Muscogee,
southwestern Talbot and southern Harris Counties through 1230 PM
EDT...
At 1146 AM EDT, a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Baughville to near Smiths. These storms were
nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Heavy rain.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially
in poor drainage areas.
Locations impacted include...
Waverly Hall, Bibb City, Upatoi, Goat Rock Lake, Ellerslie, Flat
Rock, Laurel Hills, Green Island Hills, Cataula, Columbus
Metropolitan Airport, Baughville, Olive Branch, Box Springs, Midland,
Kenwood, Mountain Hill, Fortson, Mulberry Grove and Lake Harding.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.
&&
LAT...LON 3272 8490 3270 8456 3253 8460 3253 8463
3251 8464 3249 8500 3252 8501 3259 8508
3262 8509 3263 8508 3264 8510 3265 8510
3266 8509 3269 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1546Z 046DEG 0KT 3261 8471 3256 8504
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, 11:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee, Talbot | 44 min |
| Oct 4, 11:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 4 days |
| 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.