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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 9:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 9:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 9:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 9:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Pike | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 10:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 10:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 10:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 11:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Fannin, Murray, Whitfield | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jeff Davis | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Muscogee | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 37 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.