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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 6, 20214 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Dec 6, 2021, 3:11 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 34 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
Dec 6, 2021, 3:11 PM EST (20:11 UTC)
Expired
Dec 6, 2021, 3:45 PM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

Counties Marion County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Webster County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 12:00Z on 2021-12-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 12:00Z on 2021-12-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

252 
WWUS82 KFFC 062011
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
311 PM EST Mon Dec 6 2021
 
GAZ080-091>093-102>104-062045-
Macon GA-Schley GA-Stewart GA-Taylor GA-Sumter GA-Marion GA-
Webster GA-
311 PM EST Mon Dec 6 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of west central Macon,
southern Marion, eastern Stewart, Webster, Schley, northwestern
Sumter and southwestern Taylor Counties through 345 PM EST...

At 311 PM EST, a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from Tazewell to near Seminole to Lumpkin, and moving
southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of 
         light, unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Lumpkin, Buena Vista, Ellaville, Preston, Richland, Plains, Ideal,
Weston, Putnam, Seminole, Murrays Crossroads, Westville, La Crosse,
Brooklyn, Leveretts, Troutman, Friendship, Tazewell, Doyle and Walls
Crossing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.

&&

LAT...LON 3192 8475 3207 8493 3222 8464 3244 8451
      3244 8437 3235 8415 3205 8429 3194 8442
      3197 8444 3192 8446
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 301DEG 27KT 3238 8443 3219 8458 3208 8480 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 6, 5:16 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Coweta and 48 more5 hr
Dec 6, 2:58 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor32 min
Dec 6, 3:30 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Peach30 min
Dec 6, 3:39 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter, Webster36 min
Dec 6, 4:01 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Peach29 min
Dec 6, 4:15 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly30 min
Dec 6, 4:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Wilcox32 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.