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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 7, 2022Bibb County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2022, 7:21 PM EDT for Bibb County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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 7, 2022, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
50

County Bibb County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2022-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 289 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2022-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
289 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
886 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

938 
WWUS82 KFFC 072321
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
721 PM EDT Sun Aug 7 2022
 
GAZ081-082-094-080000-
Peach GA-Bibb GA-Crawford GA-
721 PM EDT Sun Aug 7 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Bibb,
northeastern Peach and northeastern Crawford Counties through 800 PM
EDT...

At 721 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was near Skipperton, or near
Macon, moving west at 5 mph.

HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind, up to penny sized hail and frequent 
         cloud to ground lightning.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of 
         light, unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Macon, Payne, Payne City, Lizella, Lake Tobesofkee, Jack Brown
Estates, Skipperton and Rutland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3268 8393 3285 8391 3285 8389 3288 8385
      3286 8364 3268 8365 3268 8368 3269 8370
      3268 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 094DEG 6KT 3279 8373 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb35 min
Aug 6, 8:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb49 min
Aug 6, 8:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe28 min
Aug 6, 8:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton48 min
Aug 6, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Warren43 min
Aug 6, 8:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton26 min
Aug 6, 8:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb49 min
Aug 6, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton, Rockdale39 min
Aug 6, 9:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Fulton43 min
Aug 6, 9:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan25 min
Aug 6, 9:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Pike36 min
Aug 6, 10:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike30 min
Aug 6, 10:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette23 min
Aug 6, 10:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCClayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry3 hr
Aug 6, 11:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield26 min
Aug 6, 11:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCatoosa, Fannin, Murray, Whitfield3 hr
Aug 7, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJeff Davis35 min
Aug 7, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMuscogee29 min
Aug 7, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens36 min
Aug 7, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup27 min
Aug 7, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup36 min
Aug 7, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford35 min
Aug 7, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford37 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.