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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 6, 2021Jones County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Oct 6, 2021, 7:55 AM EDT for Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 65 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, 7:55 AM EDT (11:55 UTC)
Expired
Oct 6, 2021, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
30

County Jones County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 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.

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°0°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.

147 
WWUS82 KFFC 061155
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
755 AM EDT Wed Oct 6 2021
 
GAZ059-072-082-083-095-061300-
Bibb GA-Houston GA-Jones GA-Jasper GA-Twiggs GA-
755 AM EDT Wed Oct 6 2021

...A band of thunderstorms with very heavy rain will impact portions 
of eastern Bibb, northwestern Twiggs, northeastern Houston, Jones 
and southeastern Jasper Counties through 900 AM EDT...

At 754 AM EDT, a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line 
extending from Wayside to near Bullard, and moving north at 10 mph. 
Rainfall rates of 1 to 1.5 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, Gray, Robins Air Force Base, Postell, Bradley, Wayside,
Bullard, Griswoldville, Round Oak, Clinton, Jarrell Plantation,
Huber, Cross Keys, Dry Branch, Hillsboro, Franklinton and
Adgateville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3290 8369 3295 8370 3300 8372 3301 8373
      3302 8372 3306 8375 3307 8376 3315 8380
      3324 8367 3319 8355 3317 8355 3317 8351
      3258 8344 3258 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 1154Z 171DEG 8KT 3306 8362 3263 8354 

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, 5:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Houston60 min
Oct 6, 6:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Peach, Twiggs6 hr
Oct 6, 7:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Jones54 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.