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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

January 21, 2012Wayne County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at Jan 21, 2012, 8:16 PM EST for Wayne County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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: Jan 21, 2012, 8:16 PM EST (01:16 UTC)
Expired: Jan 21, 2012, 8:45 PM EST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL

County Wayne County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 109 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1044 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jan 21, 2:32 PM EST, 5 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 2:32 PM EST, 5 hours 44 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
232 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012

...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS INLAND SE GA THIS EVENING...

...AREAS OF DENSE FOG LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...

.SHORT TERM...NOW THROUGH TUESDAY...

THIS EVENING...PRE-FRONTAL SHOWER/TSTM ACTIVITY WILL MAKE A RUN AT
INLD SE GA COUNTIES BY SUNSET WITH ISOLD/SCTD ACTIVITY POSSIBLE
NORTH AND WEST OF ALMA. MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD WEAKEN AFTER IT
CROSSES THE ALTAMAHA BUT A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS/SMALL
HAIL NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.

OVERNIGHT...AS FRONT STALLS OVER SOUTH GEORGIA AND WEAKENS EXPECT
BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE TO POOL ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY AND SET UP GOOD CONDITIONS FOR AREAS OF DENSE FOG ACROSS
THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. ADVISORY CONDITIONS OF WIDESPREAD LESS
THAN 1/4SM VSBYS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE WITH LOWS IN THE 50S.

SUNDAY...DENSE FOG WILL BE SLOW TO DISSIPATE ACROSS THE REGION WITH
NE FL BREAKING OUT BY LATE MORNING AND SE GA BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
THIS WILL KEEP MAX TEMPS DOWN IN THE UPPER 60S/NEAR 70 ALONG THE
COAST AND SE GA WHILE STILL EXPECT 70S ACRS INLD NE FL WHERE SUN
BREAKS OUT EARLIER. NEXT SHORTWAVE IMPULSE WILL DEVELOP ON THE OLD
FRONTAL BOUNDARY LATE IN THE DAY OVER THE FL PANHANDLE AND EXPECT
ISOLD/SCTD SHOWER ACTIVITY TO BREAK OUT DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS
THE SUWANNEE RIVER VALLEY AND INLD SE GA.

SUN NIGHT...THIS SHORTWAVE/IMPULSE WILL PULL NE INTO GA/SC REGION
AND LIFT FRONT BACK TO THE NORTH AND KEEP ISOLD/SCTD SHOWER CHANCES
MAINLY ACRS SE GA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE
ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY WITH LOWS IN THE 50S ONCE AGAIN AND
FOG MAY BECOME PATCHY DENSE IN SOME LOCATIONS.

MONDAY...MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL SPEND ANOTHER DAY IN THE
WARM SECTOR AS FRONT REMAINS JUST NORTHWEST OF THE REGION. THIS WILL
ALLOW FOR MAX TEMPS TO PUSH WELL INTO THE MID/UPPER 70S ONCE AGAIN.
ISOLD PRE-FRONTAL SHOWER ACTIVITY STILL POSSIBLE ACRS SE GA AND THE
SUWANNEE RIVER VALLEY BUT RAIN CHANCES WILL STILL LINGER CLOSE TO
20%.

MON NIGHT...ANOTHER NIGHT WITH A WEAKENING/SAGGING FRONTAL ZONE
PRESSING INTO THE REGION WITH LITTLE IF ANY SHOWER ACTIVITY AND WILL
LIKELY ONLY SERVE TO PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF PATCHY DENSE FOG. LOWS
WILL CONTINUE MILD IN THE 50S.

TUESDAY...EARLY MORNING STRATUS/FOG SHOULD LIFT SLOWLY ALLOWING FOR
PARTLY CLOUDY AND SLIGHTLY COOLER DAY WITH MAX TEMPS NEAR 70 ACRS SE
GA AND THE COAST AND LOWER/MID 70S ACRS NE FL.

.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED WITH TEMPS REMAINING ABOVE NORMAL
THROUGH THE PERIOD. HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN CONTROL ON WED WITH
MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS...WHILE WEAK FRONT PUSHES INTO THE SERN U.S.
ON THURSDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST ON FRIDAY AND PUSHES INTO THE REGION LATE
ON SATURDAY BUT CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW ON PCPN CHANCES IN THIS DAY
7/8 TIME FRAME.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS THIS EVENING WITH HIGH CLOUDINESS ACROSS
THE AREA. CLOUDS SHOULD DECREASE AFTER 06Z TONIGHT AS UPPER SHORT
WAVE MOVES OFF THE SE COAST. DENSE FOG LIKELY TO FORM MAINLY 09Z-15Z
AS MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW LOW VSBYS/CIGS. FOG WILL BE SLOW TO BURN
OFF BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING WITH LIGHT WINDS.

&&

.MARINE...OFFSHORE BOUYS STILL SHOWING SSW WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS
WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 20 KNOTS. WILL KEEP SCEC HEADLINE FOR OFFSHORE
ZONES THIS EVENING...WITH WINDS DECREASING OVERNIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS
TO REMAIN ON THE LOW SIDE THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH NO HEADLINES
ANTICIPATED.

RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK TO TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  55  71  54  78 /  30  20  30  20
SSI  57  66  55  73 /  10  20  20  10
JAX  53  71  53  77 /  10  10  10  10
SGJ  53  69  55  75 /   0   0   0   0
GNV  52  76  54  78 /  10  10  10  10
OCF  52  78  54  79 /   0  10  10   0

&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
AM...NONE.
&&

HESS/ZIBURA/WALKER

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 21, 5:24 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
524 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012

AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-
149>154-162>166-221015-
ALACHUA-
ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT TO 20 NM-APPLING-
ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY-CAMDEN (COASTAL)-
CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE-COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS-
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL OUT TO 20 NM-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-
GLYNN (COASTAL)-GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-
PIERCE-PUTNAM-
ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT TO 20 NM-ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-
UNION-WARE-WAYNE-
524 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COASTAL WATERS...NORTHEAST
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THIS
EVENING...

...AREAS OF DENSE FOG EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

A FEW PRE-FRONTAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH INTO INLAND SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE
POSSIBLE AND ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS...MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF ALMA.
STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION BROADCASTS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND
BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER
IF HAZARDOUS WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION.

AREAS OF DENSE FOG CAN BE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND MAY
BECOME WIDESPREAD BY SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING. LOCAL VISIBILITIES LESS
THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE ARE EXPECTED AND A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MAY
BE REQUIRED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

DENSE FOG WILL BE SLOW TO BURN OFF SUNDAY MORNING AND MAY LINGER
INTO THE LATE MORNING HOURS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

AREAS OF LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX.

ARS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 21, 7:27 PM EST, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
727 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0645 PM     HAIL             W BAXLEY                31.71N 82.40W
01/21/2012  E0.75 INCH       APPLING            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED WEST OF BAXLEY NEAR
            BUCKHEAD ROAD

0145 AM     HAIL             5 SW BAXLEY             31.71N 82.40W
01/21/2012  E0.75 INCH       APPLING            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL REORTED WEST OF BAXLEY NEAR
            BUCKHEAD ROAD

&&

AWALKER

Local storm report, Jan 21, 7:35 PM EST, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
735 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0703 PM     HAIL             W BAXLEY                31.71N 82.40W
01/21/2012  E0.75 INCH       APPLING            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED WEST OF BAXLEY NEAR
            BUCKHEAD ROAD

&&

AWALKER

Local storm report, Jan 21, 7:38 PM EST, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
738 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0720 PM     HAIL             5 S BAXLEY              31.69N 82.35W
01/21/2012  E1.75 INCH       APPLING            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELAYED A REPORT OF GOLFBALL SIZE
            HAIL ALONG HIGHWAY 15.

&&

Special weather statement, Jan 21, 7:44 PM EST, 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
744 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012

GAZ132-220130-
COFFEE-
744 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL COFFEE
COUNTY FOR SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 830 PM EST...

AT 744 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF AMBROSE...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS
AROUND AMBROSE...PRIDGEN...BROXTON...DOUGLAS AND WEST GREEN THROUGH
830 PM EST. HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER CAN BE EXPECTED
ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

LAT...LON 3162 8267 3142 8280 3151 8307 3171 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 289DEG 26KT 3165 8304

ZIBURA

Local storm report, Jan 21, 7:48 PM EST, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
748 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0708 PM     HAIL             8 NNE BAXLEY            31.87N 82.30W
01/21/2012  E0.75 INCH       APPLING            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED 8.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
            BAXLEY

0708 PM     HAIL             8 NNE BAXLEY            31.87N 82.30W
01/21/2012  E0.75 INCH       APPLING            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME TO PENNEY SIZE HAIL REPORTED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
            BAXLEY

&&

AWALKER

Special weather statement, Jan 21, 8:16 PM EST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
816 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012

GAZ136-220145-
WAYNE-
816 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN WAYNE
COUNTY FOR SMALL HAIL VALID UNTIL 845 PM EST...

AT 816 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 7 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT PLEASANT...OR 5
MILES EAST OF GARDI...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM
WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND MOUNT PLEASANT THROUGH 845 PM EST. HAIL
UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH
POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

LAT...LON 3147 8162 3140 8167 3147 8188 3159 8173
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 287DEG 29KT 3153 8169

ZIBURA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 22, 6:56 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Marion, Putnam, Suwannee	162 days
Jan 21, 7:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling	43 min
Jan 21, 7:18 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Wayne	27 min
Jan 21, 7:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Wayne	45 min
Jan 21, 7:44 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Coffee	46 min
Jan 21, 7:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Coffee, Jeff Davis	52 min
Jan 21, 8:17 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Coffee	28 min
Jan 21, 8:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Bacon, Coffee, Pierce, Ware	44 min
Jan 21, 8:45 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JAX	Coffee, Ware	45 min

Nearby

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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.