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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 6, 2021Macon County, Peach County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Dec 6, 2021, 3:30 PM EST for Macon County, Peach 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
Dec 6, 2021, 3:30 PM EST (20:30 UTC)
Expired
Dec 6, 2021, 4:00 PM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

Counties Macon County, GA, Peach County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.

688 
WWUS82 KFFC 062030
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
330 PM EST Mon Dec 6 2021
 
GAZ080-081-093>095-062100-
Macon GA-Peach GA-Taylor GA-Houston GA-Crawford GA-
330 PM EST Mon Dec 6 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Macon, Peach, western
Houston, southern Crawford and eastern Taylor Counties through 400 PM
EST...

At 330 PM EST, a line of strong thunderstorms was along a line
extending from near Horns to Hicks to Ideal, and moving east at 40
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...
Perry, Fort Valley, Warner Robins, Centerville, Byron, Montezuma,
Marshallville, Reynolds, Ideal, Saint Louis, Whitewater State Park,
Nakomis, Meadowdale, Garden Valley, Hicks, Potterville, Lakewood,
Powerville, Moss Oak and Lee Pope.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.

&&

LAT...LON 3239 8426 3249 8423 3268 8420 3269 8371
      3247 8370 3229 8383 3229 8390 3228 8390
      3228 8391
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 272DEG 36KT 3267 8406 3248 8409 3238 8418 

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, 3:11 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley, Stewart, Webster34 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.