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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2022, 8:02 PM EDT for Schley County, Sumter 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
- Aug 1, 2022, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2022, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Schley County, GA, Sumter County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 970 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
026
WWUS82 KFFC 020002
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
802 PM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
GAZ091>093-103-104-020030-
Macon GA-Schley GA-Sumter GA-Marion GA-Webster GA-
802 PM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Macon,
southeastern Marion, east central Webster, Schley and northwestern
Sumter Counties through 830 PM EDT...
At 802 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Friendship, or 8 miles
northeast of Preston, moving east at 10 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...
Americus, Ellaville, Plains, Andersonville, Putnam, Friendship,
Doyle, Bumphead, La Crosse, Dumas, Draneville and Walls Crossing.
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 3203 8450 3227 8457 3232 8423 3221 8415
3203 8417
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 263DEG 9KT 3216 8445
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 23 min |
| Aug 2, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Stewart, Sumter, Webster | 33 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.