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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2024, 6:14 AM EDT for Pike County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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
- Jul 20, 2024, 6:14 AM EDT (10:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2024, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Pike County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 902 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
939
WWUS82 KFFC 201014
SPSFFC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
614 AM EDT Sat Jul 20 2024
GAZ056-067-068-201045-
Spalding GA-Meriwether GA-Pike GA-
614 AM EDT Sat Jul 20 2024
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Spalding, east central Meriwether and Pike Counties through 645 AM
EDT...
At 613 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Concord, or 7 miles
west of Zebulon, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light, unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Griffin, Zebulon, Molena, Williamson, Meansville, Concord, Rover,
Hilltop, Lifsey Springs, and Hollonville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately.
&&
LAT...LON 3319 8454 3323 8429 3312 8426 3299 8428
3299 8429 3300 8430 3299 8430 3302 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 1013Z 280DEG 14KT 3310 8447
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 5:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 5:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Wilcox | 34 min |
| Jul 20, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Telfair, Wilcox | 44 min |
| Jul 20, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 42 min |
| Jul 20, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 23 min |
| Jul 20, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 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.