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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 6, 2021Bibb County, Houston County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Oct 6, 2021, 5:30 AM EDT for Bibb County, Houston County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 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 6, 2021, 5:30 AM EDT (09:30 UTC)
Expired
Oct 6, 2021, 6:30 AM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
30

Counties Bibb County, GA, Houston County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2021-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 155 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2021-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
155 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

168 
WWUS82 KFFC 060930
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
530 AM EDT Wed Oct 6 2021
 
GAZ072-082-083-094-095-105-107-061030-
Peach GA-Dooly GA-Bibb GA-Houston GA-Jones GA-Twiggs GA-Pulaski GA-
530 AM EDT Wed Oct 6 2021

...A band of thunderstorms with very heavy rain will impact portions 
of Bibb, western Pulaski, southwestern Twiggs, northeastern Dooly, 
northeastern Peach, Houston and south central Jones Counties through 
630 AM EDT...

At 528 AM EDT, a line of strong thunderstorms producing very heavy 
rainfall was along a line extending from near Middle Georgia 
Regional Airport to Clinchfield to near Tippettville, and moving 
north at 10 mph. Rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour can be 
expected.

HAZARD...Heavy rain.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially 
         in poor drainage areas.

Locations impacted include...
Macon, Perry, Hawkinsville, Warner Robins, Centerville, Byron,
Unadilla, Payne, Robins Air Force Base, Payne City, Hayneville,
Browndale, Meadowdale, Houston Lake, Elko, Mock Springs, Grove Park,
Ocmulgee Public Fishing Area, Wesleyan and Skipperton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.

&&

LAT...LON 3211 8373 3235 8372 3244 8379 3268 8379
      3269 8372 3272 8379 3287 8380 3295 8371
      3284 8351 3260 8347 3246 8348 3245 8350
      3242 8348 3212 8351
TIME...MOT...LOC 0928Z 182DEG 10KT 3269 8369 3243 8365 3213 8366 

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 10:30 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson16 hr
Oct 5, 10:37 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Rockdale16 hr
Oct 5, 10:45 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale16 hr
Oct 5, 10:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Dodge, Pulaski33 min
Oct 5, 11:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley27 min
Oct 6, 12:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley29 min
Oct 6, 3:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp63 min
Oct 6, 4:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly, Houston55 min
Oct 6, 5:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDooly, Houston6 hr
Oct 6, 6:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Peach, Twiggs6 hr
Oct 6, 7:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Jones54 min
Oct 6, 7:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones65 min
Oct 6, 8:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBibb, Jasper, Jones, Twiggs9 hr
Oct 6, 10:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson56 min
Oct 6, 10:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam53 min
Oct 6, 10:31 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCrawford, Lamar, Monroe, Upson6 hr
Oct 6, 10:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCJasper, Jones, Putnam7 hr
Oct 6, 11:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike63 min
Oct 6, 12:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCPike, Talbot, Upson6 hr
Oct 6, 12:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson34 min
Oct 6, 1:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCrawford, Lamar, Pike, Taylor, Upson4 hr
Oct 6, 1:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMorgan, Putnam5 hr
Oct 6, 1:59 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCPutnam5 hr
Oct 6, 2:19 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMonroe26 min
Oct 6, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen30 min
Oct 6, 2:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Monroe, Peach5 hr
Oct 6, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens37 min
Oct 6, 6:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCJasper, Putnam3 hr

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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.