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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Dec 19, 2021, 3:18 AM EST for Montgomery County, Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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 19, 2021, 3:18 AM EST (08:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2021, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Montgomery County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Wheeler County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 613 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1059 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
592
WWUS82 KFFC 190818
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
318 AM EST Sun Dec 19 2021
GAZ110>112-190900-
Wheeler GA-Telfair GA-Montgomery GA-
318 AM EST Sun Dec 19 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Telfair,
Wheeler and southwestern Montgomery Counties through 400 AM EST...
At 318 AM EST, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm over Workmore, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind and increased chance of a brief tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...While winds should result in minor damage to tree limbs and
blowing around of light, unsecured objects, this storm has
also exhibited localized rotation. A brief tornado could
quickly form.
Locations impacted include...
McRae, Alamo, Mount Vernon, Helena, Lumber City, Glenwood, Uvalda,
Ailey, Scotland, Towns, Spring Hill, Landsburg, Little Ocmulgee State
Park, Jordan, Charlotteville and Workmore.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.
&&
LAT...LON 3203 8303 3227 8272 3215 8248 3196 8254
3184 8294
TIME...MOT...LOC 0818Z 242DEG 30KT 3196 8291
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 7:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Jones | 36 min |
| Dec 18, 9:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Wilkinson | 26 min |
| Dec 19, 3:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 49 min |
| Dec 19, 5:13 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Jones | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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.