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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Dec 29, 2021, 4:47 PM EST for Chattahoochee County, Marion County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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 29, 2021, 4:47 PM EST (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2021, 5:15 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Marion County, GA
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
859
WWUS82 KFFC 292147
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
447 PM EST Wed Dec 29 2021
GAZ079-089>091-292215-
Chattahoochee GA-Marion GA-Talbot GA-Muscogee GA-
447 PM EST Wed Dec 29 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Marion,
southeastern Muscogee, Chattahoochee and southwestern Talbot Counties
through 515 PM EST...
At 446 PM EST, a strong thunderstorm was near Cusseta, moving
northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind, frequent cloud to ground lightning and
heavy rain.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light, unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary
street flooding especially in poor drainage areas.
Locations impacted include...
Cusseta, North Fort Benning, Brantley, Christopher, Sand Hill,
Juniper, Vista Terrace, Jamestown/south Fort Benning, Oakland, Manta,
Box Springs, Marion Estates, Eelbeck/West Fort Benning and Benning
Hills.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists
should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to
hydroplaning.
&&
LAT...LON 3224 8484 3244 8495 3261 8461 3237 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 243DEG 25KT 3237 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 9:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 23 min |
| Dec 29, 10:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 24 min |
| Dec 29, 10:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 27 min |
| Dec 29, 11:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 29 min |
| Dec 29, 12:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Monroe | 30 min |
| Dec 29, 3:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 25 min |
| Dec 29, 4:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 28 min |
| Dec 29, 5:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot, Taylor | 28 min |
| Dec 29, 5:56 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Lamar | 34 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.