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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Oct 7, 2021, 1:09 PM EDT for Taliaferro County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 7, 2021, 1:09 PM EDT (17:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2021, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
County Taliaferro County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:10 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
569
WWUS82 KFFC 071709
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
109 PM EDT Thu Oct 7 2021
GAZ039-050-051-061-062-071745-
Taliaferro GA-Wilkes GA-Hancock GA-Warren GA-Greene GA-
109 PM EDT Thu Oct 7 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Warren, northern Hancock, southeastern Greene, Taliaferro and south
central Wilkes Counties through 145 PM EDT...
At 108 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Springfield, or 7 miles
south of Crawfordville, moving east at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Heavy rain.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially
in poor drainage areas.
Locations impacted include...
Crawfordville, White Plains, Siloam, Norwood, Sharon, Camak, Liberty,
Springfield, Cadley, Veazey, Powelton, Barnett, Rocky Creek Fire
Dept., Shoulderbone, Raytown, Alexander Stephens Park and Sandy
Cross.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of
control due to hydroplaning.
&&
LAT...LON 3325 8316 3330 8316 3331 8315 3334 8314
3335 8316 3351 8317 3367 8267 3348 8259
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 251DEG 6KT 3345 8293
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 7, 1:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 51 hr |
| Oct 7, 4:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 38 min |
| Oct 7, 6:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Elbert, Madison, Oglethorpe | 31 hr |
| Oct 7, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 30 min |
| Oct 7, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 28 min |
| Oct 7, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 28 min |
| Oct 7, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 27 min |
| Oct 7, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 30 min |
| Oct 7, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 24 min |
| Oct 7, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 2 hr |
| Oct 7, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 119 min |
| Oct 7, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 86 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.