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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
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, 8.5 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 5:16 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Coweta and 48 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 6, 2:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 32 min |
| Dec 6, 3:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley, Stewart, Webster | 34 min |
| Dec 6, 3:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter, Webster | 36 min |
| Dec 6, 4:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Peach | 29 min |
| Dec 6, 4:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 30 min |
| Dec 6, 4:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 32 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.