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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Oct 4, 2021, 12:46 PM 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, 12:46 PM EDT (16:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2021, 1:30 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), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:45 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.
197
WWUS82 KFFC 041646
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1246 PM EDT Mon Oct 4 2021
GAZ089-090-041730-
Chattahoochee GA-Muscogee GA-
1246 PM EDT Mon Oct 4 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Muscogee and northern
Chattahoochee Counties through 130 PM EDT...
At 1246 PM EDT, a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from Box Springs to Carter Acres, and moving southeast 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...
North Fort Benning, Upatoi, Saint Marys Hills, Edgewood, Highland
Park, Sand Hill, Battle Park, Vista Terrace, Rose Hill, Kenwood,
Custer Road Terrace, Eelbeck/West Fort Benning, Benning Hills,
Avondale, Benning Park and Carter Acres.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.
&&
LAT...LON 3250 8499 3252 8482 3258 8479 3258 8469
3256 8469 3256 8467 3252 8469 3253 8465
3251 8463 3249 8464 3249 8466 3244 8466
3235 8497 3241 8498 3243 8496 3245 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 1646Z 322DEG 8KT 3252 8466 3242 8497
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, 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, 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.