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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Dec 19, 2021, 3:56 AM EST for Montgomery County, Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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, 3:56 AM EST (08:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2021, 4:45 AM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
Counties Montgomery County, GA, Toombs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 202 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.
814
WWUS82 KFFC 190856
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
356 AM EST Sun Dec 19 2021
GAZ086-112-113-190945-
Toombs GA-Emanuel GA-Montgomery GA-
356 AM EST Sun Dec 19 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of south central
Emanuel, central Toombs and Montgomery Counties through 445 AM EST...
At 354 AM EST, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorms near Mount Vernon, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...30 to 40 mph wind and increased chance of a brief tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...This storm has exhibited localized rotation. A brief
tornado could quickly form.
Locations impacted include...
Lyons, Mount Vernon, Vidalia, Uvalda, Oak Park, Ailey, Higgston,
Santa Claus, Alston, Center, Ohoopee, Ponderosa, Kibbee, South
Thompson, Rock Springs and Normantown.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.
&&
LAT...LON 3214 8220 3212 8220 3203 8258 3208 8262
3210 8261 3213 8263 3216 8261 3218 8263
3222 8263 3235 8247 3235 8241 3238 8233
3236 8225 3235 8225 3235 8224 3223 8221
3216 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0854Z 240DEG 28KT 3211 8262
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 3:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 42 min |
| Dec 19, 5:13 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Jones | 4 hr |
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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.