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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Oct 7, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT for Glascock County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
County Glascock County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.
322
WWUS82 KFFC 071930
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
330 PM EDT Thu Oct 7 2021
GAZ075-076-072000-
Jefferson GA-Glascock GA-
330 PM EDT Thu Oct 7 2021
...A thunderstorm with heavy rain will impact portions of Glascock
and northern Jefferson Counties through 400 PM EDT...
At 328 PM EDT, the thunderstorm was over Avera, or near Gibson,
moving east 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...
Gibson, Wrens, Stapleton, Avera, Mitchell, Edge Hill, Edgehill,
Agricola, Stellaville and Bastonville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. Electrical
appliances should not be used unless in an emergency. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
&&
LAT...LON 3312 8257 3313 8266 3316 8271 3317 8272
3318 8274 3319 8274 3332 8256 3328 8243
3318 8232
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 249DEG 11KT 3319 8253
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, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 36 min |
| 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, 3:51 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.