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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jacksonville, FL

May 23, 2017Echols County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this special weather statement at May 23, 2017, 3:21 PM EDT for Echols 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: May 23, 2017, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2017, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL

County Echols County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 114 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: 205 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

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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 May 23, 3:14 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 3:14 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
314 PM EDT Tue May 23 2017

.MARINE...

Updated to include small craft advisory for nearshore waters.

Rip Currents: Low risk through Wednesday.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  68  82  61  79 /  70 100  40  10
SSI  72  84  68  80 /  70 100  50  10
JAX  71  85  65  83 /  70 100  50  10
SGJ  71  84  67  82 /  70  90  60  20
GNV  70  82  65  81 /  70 100  60  10
OCF  72  81  67  82 /  70  90  60  20

&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...None.
GA...None.
AM...Small Craft Advisory from 8 PM this evening to 2 PM EDT Thursday
     for Coastal waters from Altamaha Sound to Fernandina Beach
     FL out 20 NM-Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St.
     Augustine FL out 20 NM-Coastal waters from St. Augustine to
     Flagler Beach FL out 20 NM-Waters from Altamaha Sound GA to
     Fernandina Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM-Waters from Fernandina
     Beach to St. Augustine FL from 20 to 60 NM-Waters from St.
     Augustine to Flagler Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM.

&&

Struble

Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 3:13 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
313 PM EDT Tue May 23 2017

AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-124-125-
GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-241915-
Coastal waters from Altamaha Sound to Fernandina Beach FL out
20 NM-
Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out
20 NM-
Coastal waters from St. Augustine to Flagler Beach FL out 20 NM-
Waters from Altamaha Sound GA to Fernandina Beach FL from 20 to
60 NM-
Waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL from 20 to 60 NM-
Waters from St. Augustine to Flagler Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM-
Hamilton-Suwannee-Columbia-Baker-Inland Nassau-Inland Duval-Union-
Bradford-Clay-St. Johns-Gilchrist-Alachua-Putnam-Flagler-Marion-
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coffee-Jeff Davis-Bacon-Appling-
Wayne-Atkinson-Ware-Pierce-Brantley-Inland Glynn-Coastal Glynn-
Echols-Clinch-Charlton-Inland Camden-Coastal Camden-
313 PM EDT Tue May 23 2017

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SE GA AND HAMILTON COUNTY FL...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY...

...WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Northeast Florida,
Southeast Georgia and the Adjacent Coastal Waters.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight...

Tornado watch in effect for all of SE GA and HAMILTON COUNTY FL.

Potential exists for strong to severe storms through Tonight.

Small craft advisory in effect.

Widespread heavy rainfall possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday...

An unusually strong late season frontal system will continue to
bring multiple rounds of widespread rain Wednesday and Wednesday
night. There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms for all of
southeast Georgia and northeast Florida through Wednesday evening.
Localized flooding, damaging wind gusts, isolated tornadoes, and
hail will be possible.

Additional widespread rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches will be
possible through Wednesday night.

A small craft advisory is in effect through Thursday afternoon.
The strongest winds are expected Wednesday night and a Gale
Warning may be needed.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation IS REQUESTED.

For additional information, visit the National Weather Service in
Jacksonville website on the internet at weather.gov/jax.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 2:28 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
228 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017

GAZ164-231900-
Charlton GA-
228 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CHARLTON COUNTY
UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

At 228 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles southwest of Folkston, moving northeast at 40 mph.

Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph can be expected along with possible minor
damage. Doppler radar has indicated weak rotation within this storm.
Tornadoes may develop with little or no advanced warning.

Locations impacted include...
Folkston and Homeland.

LAT...LON 3082 8190 3082 8193 3083 8194 3082 8196
      3080 8196 3078 8197 3079 8202 3077 8201
      3076 8202 3069 8218 3078 8215 3079 8219
      3101 8199 3091 8192 3089 8189
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 231DEG 35KT 3077 8214

NELSON

Special weather statement, May 23, 2:39 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
239 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017

FLZ024-124-GAZ165-166-231930-
Inland Nassau FL-Coastal Nassau FL-Inland Camden GA-
Coastal Camden GA-
239 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN NASSAU AND SOUTHEASTERN
CAMDEN COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

At 239 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Callahan, moving northeast at 40 mph.

Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph can be expected along with possible minor
damage. Doppler radar has indicated weak rotation within this storm.
Tornadoes may develop with little or no advanced warning.

Locations impacted include...
St. Marys, Kingsland, Kings Bay Base, Cumberland Island and Harrietts
Bluff.

LAT...LON 3079 8142 3075 8142 3057 8187 3064 8195
      3093 8156 3084 8141
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 235DEG 34KT 3061 8187

NELSON

Special weather statement, May 23, 2:50 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
250 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017

GAZ163-231930-
Clinch GA-
250 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CLINCH COUNTY UNTIL 330
PM EDT...

At 250 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles southeast of Moody Air Force Base, or 7 miles south of
Lakeland, moving northeast at 35 mph.

Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph can be expected along with possible minor
damage. Doppler radar has indicated weak rotation within this storm.
Tornadoes may develop with little or no advanced warning.

Locations impacted include...
Homerville, Argyle, Du Pont and Cogdell.

LAT...LON 3108 8297 3118 8280 3118 8271 3109 8262
      3102 8259 3098 8253 3088 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 240DEG 32KT 3092 8308

NELSON

Special weather statement, May 23, 3:16 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
316 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017

FLZ022-023-GAZ164-232000-
Columbia FL-Baker FL-Charlton GA-
316 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN BAKER...EAST CENTRAL
COLUMBIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL CHARLTON COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

At 316 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Watertown, or near Lake City, moving northeast at 40 mph.

Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph can be expected along with possible minor
damage. Doppler radar has indicated weak rotation within this storm.
Tornadoes may develop with little or no advanced warning.

Locations impacted include...
Taylor and Watertown.

LAT...LON 3060 8214 3042 8203 3041 8204 3037 8204
      3036 8205 3034 8205 3017 8260 3030 8267
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 240DEG 33KT 3025 8255

ENYEDI

Special weather statement, May 23, 3:18 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
318 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017

GAZ132-133-232000-
Coffee GA-Jeff Davis GA-
318 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL COFFEE AND JEFF DAVIS
COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

At 318 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Broxton, moving northeast at 50 mph.

Nickel size hail and Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph can be expected along
with possible minor damage.

Locations impacted include...
Hazlehurst, Broxton, Ambrose, Pridgen, Snipesville and Denton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for southeastern
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3196 8251 3184 8244 3184 8252 3177 8252
      3149 8293 3161 8305 3164 8301 3166 8301
      3166 8300 3173 8300 3179 8292 3178 8287
      3182 8284 3184 8278 3185 8279 3186 8276
      3191 8268 3192 8268 3193 8259 3196 8256
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 229DEG 45KT 3159 8288

NELSON

Special weather statement, May 23, 3:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
321 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017

FLZ020-GAZ162-163-232000-
Hamilton FL-Clinch GA-Echols GA-
321 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON...ECHOLS
AND WEST CENTRAL CLINCH COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

At 321 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Blue Springs to near Jennings. Movement
was northeast at 45 mph.

Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph can be expected along with possible minor
damage. Doppler radar has indicated weak rotation within this storm.
Tornadoes may develop with little or no advanced warning.

Locations impacted include...
Jennings, Statenville, Blue Springs and Needmore.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for northern
Florida...and southeastern Georgia.

LAT...LON 3063 8321 3063 8314 3067 8313 3090 8274
      3066 8264 3047 8322 3047 8324 3052 8324
      3053 8325 3054 8325 3055 8326 3060 8326
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 233DEG 38KT 3050 8325 3063 8305

ENYEDI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 3:40 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	JAX		60 hr
May 23, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Hamilton	48 min
May 23, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Hamilton	39 min
May 23, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Nassau	51 min
May 23, 3:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Hamilton	26 min
May 23, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		52 min
May 23, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Baker, Columbia	44 min
May 23, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		26 min
May 23, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Nassau	39 min
May 23, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Nassau	46 min
May 23, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		44 min
May 23, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Hamilton	58 min
May 23, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		33 min
May 23, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Gilchrist	43 min
May 23, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		65 min
May 23, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	JAX		48 min
May 23, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Hamilton	50 min
May 23, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Baker	38 min
May 23, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Hamilton	43 min
May 23, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Hamilton	42 min
May 23, 7:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Suwannee	48 min
May 23, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Coffee	45 min
May 23, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Brantley, Ware	43 min
May 23, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Coffee	39 min
May 23, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Camden	48 min
May 23, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Charlton	32 min
May 23, 2:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Coffee	26 min
May 23, 2:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Brantley	31 min
May 23, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clinch	40 min
May 23, 2:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis	23 min
May 23, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clinch	30 min
May 23, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clinch, Echols, Ware	53 min
May 23, 3:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Jeff Davis	30 min
May 23, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Coffee, Jeff Davis	42 min
May 23, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Wayne	23 min
May 23, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Bacon, Ware	36 min
May 23, 3:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Ware	30 min
May 23, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clinch	48 min
May 23, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Charlton	18 min
May 23, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Clinch, Echols, Ware	20 min
May 23, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Wayne	35 min
May 23, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Coffee	48 min
May 23, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Pierce	60 min
May 23, 4:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Coffee	25 min
May 23, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Bacon, Clinch, Pierce, Ware	48 min
May 23, 4:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Pierce, Wayne	35 min
May 23, 4:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Bacon, Coffee, Ware	32 min
May 23, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Pierce, Ware	27 min
May 23, 4:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Pierce, Wayne	33 min
May 23, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Bacon	14 min
May 23, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Glynn	50 min
May 23, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Brantley	32 min
May 23, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Appling	37 min
May 23, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Appling	50 min
May 23, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Brantley, Camden, Glynn	43 min
May 23, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Wayne	26 min
May 23, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Glynn	25 min
May 23, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson, Coffee	49 min
May 23, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Coffee	49 min
May 23, 6:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Coffee	28 min
May 23, 6:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Wayne	47 min
May 23, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Jeff Davis	28 min
May 23, 7:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Atkinson	36 min
May 23, 7:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Wayne	24 min
May 23, 7:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JAX	Atkinson, Bacon, Pierce, Ware	29 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.